The pat would have eased his little fit, except for the fact that it felt she was mothering him instead; he was a grown man for the Transcendence sake, not a child… In any case, seeing the outcome of the situation now, he proceeds to throw out his own two cents on the topic.
“You know, Cath… and in no way do I mean any offense to you with this, Aria, but now that she’s dead, that Empress status is a thing of the past. That shouldn’t exactly stop you, don’t you think?” His point made to support said ‘Empress’ in achieving some sort of close acquaintance with his student, so that another familiar face was present in this realm.
Welp… With those two working together, there was simply no way to decline now without being rude. Normally, that wouldn’t even be a problem, but sadly Phantom had a point (for once) and besides, Aria hadn’t yet done anything to warrant the thief’s animosity. “Ngh…” Cath’s internal struggle had become pretty obvious by now.
“…fine. But I want rum in my tea. Or just plain wine instead, that would work too.” Anything to make this more bearable.
{ ♕ }— ❝ Phantom... ❞
A plead in her tone, followed by the grasp of his sleeve. It wasn’t necessary to push on the idea if Cath had her suspicions, even if he was correct in a sense. She watches the struggles as the girl had come to her own decision. Although, it didn’t feel... authentic, so to say.
❝ Are you quite sure? Please, don’t feel forced to agree. ❞ No matter how much she wanted to get along with the younger thief, her words were genuine.
