[ The sound Lapis makes into her coffee is between a cough and a snort before she muffles a chuckle. Very inelegant, but she has no pretences to keep up here. ]

Aha, I don't think Xiao wanted to think about his dad doing that, though. [ She has not said "fucking" before and she's not starting now. ]

I did. I made some desserts, and they were more popular than I was expecting. [ Which she is very proud of! ] Though apparently gatherings like that are very rare, so we'll still be mostly operating individually unless something comes up.