[He's not sure he'd call it hospitality, given why he had asked her to come in the first place. It was incredibly self serving, even if he tries to belatedly make the offer more general as an afterthought. Given who it is, given his own nature, and the tensions between them, he supposes he should have thought to make it clear that she was, despite his demeanor, welcome even outside of some self-bound promise to help him.

Caught up in those thoughts, he watches what he can only deem as Dead Master silently pressuring the other girl to talk.

Somebody more reclusive and difficult to speak to than her.

Just what sort of company is he trying to keep, here?]

Ah.... Is it? [His voice seems to rise almost submissively in pitch, trying just as hard as she is for small talk.] It doesn't really suit the tastes of most girls your two's age, so that's surprising to hear... Ha... ha....

[Ohthankgod, apple talk. Whatever it is and however dangerous it is, it's geared towards a specific topic.] The one with the parting note? I don't think most people would take a bite of something as cryptic as that even without knowing the community...