"Yes...Yes, of course...I promise. Same time next month...Yes. Yes. We will try the cake with the strawberry next time...Tell them I said hello. Take care."
With a empty tea cup, a plate with a fork, and a blue flamed candle between himself and the archway; Nero knelt at the dais at the bottom of the stairs.
Rising slowly to his feet with a sigh, the doctor dusted off his tailored pants with dragon leather gloves.
"You just missed tea and cake." He spoke to the feet he heard coming down the steps behind him.
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