[ A prize, huh? She gives him a once over but really can't argue otherwise. She's got no idea what someone would do in a building like this other than, apparently, sell second-rate food cafeteria-style. That doesn't seem to be his job or he would have been manning the counter instead of the spirits. ]

What do you do, then?

[ No judgment in her voice, she's honestly curious.

Dropping Thancred's name gets Himeka to perk immediately. What can she say? She adores her friends and is always happy to see that they're meeting new and interesting people as well. ]

Yes! We go way back.

[ Well, a handful of years, but it's enough to fill several lifetimes. But how do these two subjects connect...

Oh no. ]

Why? Oh--he doesn't owe you, does he? He's long since left his pickpocketing days behind, or so I believed. Or did he lose at cards?

[ Sorry, Thancred. ]