"Smart, well-rounded, and curious. I think you'll be running circles around the Argent clan in no time. How much are you itching to do science to sorcery?"

"I did mention I ran out of lifeforce a couple of times yesterday and today just to see what it did, right?"

"Magic isn't a toy. It's pretty fun, though." 

"Well, not a toy, just an experimental subject. I've been taking notes! Do we get more lifeforce the more magic we do? I think you may have said something like that, but I've been tracking my progression."

"Sort of? I haven't done much science to magic. I'll ask my uncle, he...was kind of into experimenting too."

"Ooh, does he have notes?"

"I'll ask. He isn't really the type, honestly."

Their waiter interrupts to ask how they're enjoying their meal, and to spill some water on Alistair.

Alistair dismisses the apology ("It's no problem, really") and heads to the bathroom to get cleaned up.

Wow that's a pretty large bathroom. They must've renovated recently.

Sure.

A Clow Card, on his date. Talk about work following you home.

He reaches for his holster, and draws a card.

Unfortunately, he didn't bring his bow with him.

The large bathroom completely fails to react to this.

He turns around, and tries walking out the door.

That is not the restaurant.

Or, perhaps the better description is that that is a lot more of the restaurant than used to be there, sans people, and arranged... differently. Like a restaurant-themed maze.

He walks through the maze towards where he remembers their table being.

Unfortunately there is a pesky wall between him and that location.

"Jump, come and heed my call, take me over this wall." 

It does!

Or, well, would, if the wall (and the ceiling) hadn't both grown taller than he can jump over as he did that.

...

He calls Sadde.

"Hello?"

"There's a card in the bathroom. I can't get out. I'll try the Sword, but after that, I'm going to start running down lifeforce, so I might be a while."

"—do you need any help? From the outside?"

"If the Sword doesn't work, I'll call you back. If I don't call you back, then try something."

"How long should I wait?"

"Give me five minutes." 

"Okie dokie."

"Alright. See you soon, with any luck."

He hangs up.

"Sword, cut me through what keeps me near, and take me far away from here."