The joke makes her smile, even as she can hear her inner Maribelle bewailing the tackiness of complimenting a gift you bought. Lissa doesn't much see the point; clearly, the people around them were not lacking in excuses for hostility.

She frowned, as she tried to remember which hand to give and which foot to start on.

"Did you..." She didn't know how to put it into words; a quick glance around showed her plenty of people walking off the dance floor to talk amongst themselves.

"Did you know they'd be upset? I mean, are they actually surprised by what Seiichi did?"