"I waited as long as I could!" Gourry said in his own defense, jolting slightly as she poked at him. Well, nothing he wasn't used to, anyway. In fact, that was downright gentle by Lina's standards.

"I was worried, too! Ending up here with no sign of anyone we know? I thought somethin' awful mighta happened to you! I mean, you'd just handle whatever it was with a fireball, but I was still worried," he told her, shoveling food into his mouth all the while. Neither one of them had ever been that concerned with table manners, really.