Oh, he kept up with the pancakes. [He sounds surprised but not unpleasantly.] Last year there was a rifter vanished who was pretty well-liked. He used to do the pancakes. I think Mobius and I both had the thought that someone should try, after he'd gone. But given the reception we got, I let it be after that first little tribute.

[In fairness, Vanya's pancakes probably weren't inedible. They just hadn't been Jude's.]

I'm not sure I have a much better read, though. I um. I try not to push my company on places where I might be unwelcome.

[Mages and templars, current or former, especially. But he's trusting Cedric's assessment that Mobius won't mind sharing the sleeping space, at least.]