Ally grinned as Ari left to go back to the kitchen before turning back to Aoi. She really did mean no harm by her little jokes. Besides, from what she could sense of Tom, he was a shy one, almost as bad as Ari. Those two needed a little less than subtle nudge. "Ah. It's fine." She was fairly sure that she knew what the other woman was asking about, but didn't feel like explaining or delving into the subject at the moment. "Getting there at any rate." She gave a low chuckle from the counter. "Though I probably wouldn't have that problem to begin with if I spare more attention to closing off my links to them when I'm making them."