::Aya's small telepathy gives him some sense of what's going on, but he can't read all the currents and undercurrents. Thus he's staying out of it.::

Damned right I can. You pushed me too hard on the issue. ::It wasn't a huge transgression, but it had seriously spoiled Schu's good mood.:: Counting the meal as a pre-emptive make-up would change it away from being something nice you did just because, which would cheapen it.