Raymond
*Aria quickly came back out of the room at hearing Xion's name. She cannot allow a traitor here.*

"She has to earn that privilege... I tried to trust a good friend who betrayed me before, taking their word they wanted to fix their mistakes... She lied... I cannot allow it to happen with you."
Robert
*Is this the part where he...?*

*No.*

"In that case..."

*No, he's not middlemanning. She can tell her herself.*

"Can you tell her? Please?"

*He winces. This is surely the part where she yells at him, tells him to do it anyway, or shuns him.*
Raymond
*Aria nods and steps out of the room.*

"Of course. Did you want to come with me outside, or wait for me to return?"

*She still had that signature motherly smile.*
Robert
*Dado blinks. Did... Did that just go smoothly? Seriously?*

*No. No, there's no way. He looks at her facial expression. Nothing seems ingenuine. She's not yelling at him or anything. She's even offering to leave him out of it entirely.*

*His flowchart thoroughly thrown off, he stammers.* "Uhh... Y-yeah. I'll come. Lemme just grab something, first."

*He speedwalks off, then begins combing through Master Mod's bookshelves.*
Raymond
*Aria nods and waits by the door, letting Dado grab anything he needs before she went out.*
Robert
*Dado flips through several books, then finds what he's looking for.* "Got it!"