"What? Oh, no, it's nothing quite like that, though I appreciate the concern. The spice cake makes you....... ah. Aroused? To an unusual degree? And it lowers inhibitions. It's easier to let it run its course through your system with these things, sometimes, to avoid awkward situations."

She definitely had hurried him along as if he might explode, though, so she could see where he might get that idea. And, while it did feel a little ruthless to abandon him, it isn't as if she'd come here today to seduce or be seduced by anyone.

"I'll come back later, all right? Oh, and here's your beetle." Carefully, she lifted CC from her shoulder, holding him in her cupped palm and extending him to Itto.