[ Bastien smiles through her plan, and continues smiling through her head tilt, and leaves the unspoken question unanswered for now. ]

We do not have to have a larger dinner. We can, if you think we should. I think there are people who would like to do something for him, and maybe it would be nice for him to see that.

But there are other ways to include them. We could send them up to him one at a time during the day with a message divided into pieces, or organize them to decorate a private page in the books for him. It would turn into winged phalluses, I’m sure, immediately. But he likes those, so...