[He sighs and rolls his eyes at the nickname, but it's not as if there's anything he can really do to stop her from using it. If only his mother weren't hellbent on embarrassing him, though there's nothing he can do now. All he can do is concentrate on finishing the dishes, quickly cleaning them so he can get to his own work. Even if he has to hide in a pocket dimension from their enemies, he still has to do the work for the company, at the very least.

Thankfully for now, any dealings that would involve his crime family could be taken care of by his father, sister and brother. Though who knows when they'll finally get out of this mess.

Lumine finds him upstairs in the study, working on his laptop, working through reports and other spreadsheets. It's not fun work, but it needs to be done, and he's thankful he can do it offline. Turning at the sound of her voice, he looks up at her to nod.]

Sounds like things aren't going so well, are they.

[He can't imagine Aether would want to stay if he didn't have to. As much as he's sure his mother is spoiling him and all...]

I'll take him some more clothes today. I need to head up to the apartment to send these reports off anyway, I'll leave right after that. But...

[He pauses, unsure if he should ask her this.]

There's something I've got to ask you. It's about what you told me the other day, at my parent's house.