Xin looked over at Chase and frowned.<span style="color: #0080FF">"Shoes. Off. After you've done that, feel free to go grab a few apetizers. I think the people out there were planning to put the Grudge on."</span>A bit lower, so that only Chase would hear, he added:<span style="color: #0080FF">"James is here. If either of you start something as simple as an argument, the instigator is out, no warnings. Are we clear? It goes for the both of you. I want no fighting within these walls."</span>His tail lashed back and forth - sometimes actually grabbing a pan or similar kitchen article, and doing something with it - like shaking it, to shuffle the ingredients. Xin was all over the well-equipped kitchen, apparently preparing food for at least twenty people.