"..." Leo was silent for a moment.

"...yes." he then said. "Yes he should, I didn't even consider that." he muttered.

"Uh... yeah, bring it up with him, and ask if he feels up to hearing some... jarring news." he told her.

"This is not something that should be brought up without his being there." he went on.

"And he really should be... well, not stupid tired or anything."

"All right." Leo said.

"But let me know when the both of you are ready to have a bit of a chat." he told her.

"Whether it be right after dinner, later in the evening, or until the weekend or something." he went on.

"Just let me know and we'll find the time to meet." he said further.

"But if it CAN be tonight, all the better." he finished.

"Yup." Leo replied.

"Talk to you later." he said, before the ended the call, she hung up, and made her way to the door, opening it.

"Hey." Ty greeted her. "Food's just finishing up, should be done in a minute or so." he said. "Go on and head to the table and I'll bring it out." he continued.

"Whatcha want to drink with it?" he asked.

"We got water, chocolate milk, fruit punch, and some ginger ale." he listed off.

"And white milk as well, but that doesn't really "go" with a pasta dinner..." he then admitted.

"..." Ty was silent as he heard this, and followed her.

"Right then." he said.

In a matter of a few minutes, they were both sitting at the table, with Lunet having a heaping portion of the pasta and meat sauce, as well as garlic bread on the side, and a big glass of the fruit punch.

"All right then, let's dig in." Ty told her.

"And what is it you need to ask me, in reference to my being your legal guardian?" he asked.

Ty was silent, raising an eyebrow.

"Uh.... yeah... sure." he said.

"I admit, this is... confusing the hell out of me and concerning me, but... if you're sure it's not something bad..." he went on.

"Just let me load the dishwasher after dinner." he told her.

"Then I'll be able to sit and chat."

"Let's hope so." Ty agreed.

"Anyway, inhale your dinner, Lunet." he told her, smirking slightly to himself.

"If you eat it all, then you'll get dessert." he said further, before pausing.

"Actually, if you leave ONE noodle on the plate, THEN you get dessert." he said jokingly.

"...either way, there's ice cream in the freezer with your name on it."

"I was joking, Lunet." he told her.

"Hell, I made EXTRA just so you could eat until you had your dill." he stressed.

"And mango." he then answered her.

"Found a 2L tub of it, so I grabbed." he said further.

"I know you love that stuff." he laughed.

"Yeah, yeah." Ty responded.

"But you're a growing girl, and you need to keep up your strength." he said.

"Especially with having such potent passive mana." he went on.

"But enough talk about that." he told her.

With that, they ate. And did they ever. By the time they were done, there was NOTHING left.

"And I am stuffed." Ty declared.

"You?" he asked Lunet.

"Whenever." Ty responded.

"Half-hour works for me." he told her.

"If you want to, give yourself enough time to dig into the mango ice cream." he then suggested. "I'll spoon up a big bowlful for you right now if you want." he then offered.

"Completely YOUR decision." he finished, as he started to grab what Lunet hadn't, piling it up to take to the counter by the dishwasher as well.

"It'll only take me 5 minutes or so to load the washer, so that's not a factor." he quickly added.

Ty laughed out loud.

"You got it!" he called to her.

"I'll let you know when your dessert is ready!" he added.

He then sighed quietly and thought about what she had said.

"...the hell could Leo want to talk to her about...?" he wondered aloud.

"Knowing him, and this buildup, it'll be something pretty earthshaking."