[ There's a quick look of annoyance and the slightest bit of dread at her bringing up his fiance. He briefly recalls his night with her, and it's just -- no. It's not as if that's ever really stopped or slowed down anything he was doing. Louis just leaned into doing what he wanted to do most of the time, and keeping up with the minimal of what he had to do for his father or to maintain an image.

Those two things didn't always coincide, but sometimes they did. ]

Finding Tem's murderer had nothing to do with what I was doing before that. That was a last minute decision and I almost didn't return for that either. [ There's a huff. ] But that dumb wolf insisted, and I showed up. Which he should be so lucky because he's still alive. [ Oh, look at that, distracting from the subject again. ]

It's not like I regret doing what I did, you know. Not even Legosi eating part of me. [ With what she said. ] You can tell me whatever you want to, Haru. Nothing, everything, whatever.

I'm not telling you because I think you'll be better off not knowing.