The dungeon is timed conveniently for Jaeha and Haru to walk (not fly, Haru's still burning off dungeon backlash) to the QQ meetup with Haru in a chatty mood. "Hi folks! It is I, the scourge of Malaysian bigotry!"

"Our guest of honour!"

"Good evening, sunbaenim," he says, bowing.

"Oh come on ser—you're messing with me."

"Good evening, guys."

"Evening, hoobaenim."

"Hi."

"Forgive him, it's his first time out with us."

"What are we forgiving him for?"

"Being really drunk, prob'ly."

Jaeha pulls a chair for Haru then sits next to him.

(Scrupulously ethical. Scrupulously ethical. Scrupulously ethical. Scr—)

Haru sits next to him. "Cricket referred to you as a 'useful assistant' the other day," he tells Woo-young. "In among other remarks but still."

"Other remarks?"

"Do you really want those? Mostly about your accent."

"Yeah, hit me."

"You asked for it," he mutters.

"I didn't write it down," but he can relay Cricket's opinions on his useful assistant.

"Ooh, burn."

Woo-young giggle-hiccups. "That's really rude."

"I have the rudest cat."

"I'm quitting smoking because he was rude to me about my smell."

"That's some devotion."

"It's also just separately a good idea not to smoke."