Oh Look, it's Time for Tea [OPEN]

Zandrophin closed his eyes and took a breath before addressing the rather shrill voice that emanated from the table where Mariko was sitting. He bowed ever so slightly, with his hand across his chest, to Mariko in greeting, as protocol would dictate, and mentally addressed her, smiling slightly,

"Good to see you again, Miss Yamada. I trust Master Kesiem and I are not intruding."

Then his eyes fell upon a face he was not familiar with. His eyes narrowed ever so slightly in suspicion of this new face. Again, he spoke to Mariko, his face barely shifting to show concern,

"This one's aura is troubling to me. Be wary."

Prasha invited him to sit with him. As he did so, Zandrophin gestured to the man behind the counter to bring Mentus and himself their tea. In no time at all, the tea arrived, even in a small glass for the Abra to drink from. Zandrophin took another breath before returning his attention to Prasha.

"Business has been going well. There's been a lot less new paperwork...which is always good; the fewer R-154s I have to fill out and endorse, the better. I've got more time now to work on my pet projects."

At that moment, Mentus decided to climb down Zandrophin's arm, and hang himself off the edge of the table by his tail, swinging slightly back and forth, still sipping his tea from the cup which was now suspended above the ground. Zandrophin lightly scratched his head and continued,

"Of course...that means I have to give this one a bit more attention...But anyway...I've heard you've been trekking around the continent. I won't ask why; that's your business. I just hope that you're being careful...and that you drop by from time to time, if you're in the area."

All throughout this conversation, he'd kept a close mental eye on the unknown girl. He didn't know who she was..but she seemed somewhat familiar...

Mariko was starting to consider trying to duck out of the area for a while as Snowdrop's sobs started to gain a little bit in volume.  It seemed that the whole situation was not going to allow for the baby Pokemon to calm down.  It also seemed as though the situation was not going to be settling down for the girl she had been speaking to either.  She just seemed to be getting more and more flustered to the point of seeming to not know volume control, even if told to watch her volume.  She also didn't wish to interrupt the conversation that seemed to be taking place between Zandrophin and Prasha at the moment.  It seemed she had reached an empass at the moment and would have to wait and see where it led to first.  Depending on the answer that came up to that question would answer whether or not she would stay and continue to have converse. or if she would leave and hopefully calm down Snowdrop without any further stimulation to keep her from reaching a state of calm.  Though it seemed that Zandrophin would have to answer the introduction given first to see how things would go first.  That, or Prasha giving his own self-introduction.  Either way, it seemed that introductions would be the telling sign of her departure or not from the rest of the conversation or conversations that were to come.