He let her pull him to his feet. Laharl figured he might as well get talking to her over with, after all, but blinked a bit as she suddenly stopped, and looked at him.

How was he meant to answer that.

"...No. Not... to my mother."

Well, nothing other than her coming and vanishing, but... he was fairly sure that's not what she was picking up on. He knew full well what it was, but did he want to tell her? He... wasn't sure.