As Flonne moved ahead, Laharl followed behind, hoping that was the end of it now. Of course, the topic she now brought up was certainly not a good replacement for it at all.

Laharl let out a choking sound at her questions. "Of course not!" he quickly retorted, "I'm not here to make friends, and I'm definitely not friends with that damn meerkat."

His feelings about Timon really hadn't changed. The demon was still pissed off at him and really wanted nothing to do with him. He had a sneaking suspicion he'd managed to arrive just in time. Who knows what stupid story he would have made Flonne believe.