Of course, [she rejoins smoothly.] If there's ever an ambush while I'm over for a cup of tea, it's important to know where the weaponry is. Speaking of which, tea is fine. I brought my own straws. [She pats a suit pocket absently.]

It's an experience, isn't it? Trying to learn a whole new order of things to eat. I managed to set up a filtering system in the kitchen, though how to make it double as a proximity mine, that is the question...