[ So he had noticed. It's silly to think she could get away with it unobserved: Neuro can still sniff out a mystery, even if it's one likely to be as unappetizing and pitifully lacking in nutrition as this. It's oddly humbling to think that she can still keep some secrets, though if Neuro has his way, she has the sinking feeling it's not a state of ignorance he's willing to tolerate for much longer.

Still, she does have other priorities at the moment. Such as trying to anticipate the next flying projectile's trajectory, for one. If nothing else, at least she's thoroughly awake now. ]

Considering how the last time we visited a hot spring turned out, you can't really blame me for not wanting to repeat the experience, do you? [ She's gotten better about answering back, even if it usually comes with an automatic attempt to pre-emptively evade whatever retaliation is coming. ]