She's worked very hard on the preparations! All of Ninetales Vale has. I work at Etteilla with Nozomi and we've spent weeks getting ready for it, ourselves. [The festival was a much better subject! What he also doesn't say is that he's semi-on the look out for his own immediate family so that if they DO show up, he's high-tailing it out of there.]

[He blinks a bit, laughing somewhat sheepishly and nodding.]

It isn't, but I've heard a lot of things about Usagi-san from Rei, so its especially nice to finally meet you.