I yelp and pretend to flail. Not that she couldn't make me genuinely flail if she wanted. She hits *hard*.

"You're still beautiful then, as well," I say firmly, though I'm shuddering a little at the memory of a certain Litter Tray Incident.

"Yeah." I scratch my head. "Yuusuke got pissy at me about the paperwork, and I got to thinking. There are things that don't add up, and we know that already, but... but I think I met Joe before."