[Ayumu brightens just a bit. It is a little difficult watching Gojyo struggle with his plate like that but male pride can be a tricky thing sometimes, she feels. Would an offer of help offend him and aggravate the situation? Or should she just leave him to do what he can to the best of his ability? She just doesn't know.

However, strategy is a safe topic. Talk about weapons and potential armed conflict comes to her much more easily. Ayumu gives one of the waiters a critical once over and murmurs back.]

They could be concealing weapons. Or have other means of fighting we don't know about. Magic is an unpredictable element that changes the battlefield.

[It's really annoying, frustrating, and just plain unfair. Ayumu doesn't like magic. Magic is cheating.]

But maybe the banquet really is secure.