Well, the long and short of it is that we came across a Navy captain and his fleet, and we weren't able to outrun them, so we did our best to fight them off. Unfortunately one of our guys got caught in the process while we tried to retreat, so we had to track down where they'd imprisoned him, then broke him out.

[He notes that look, but he quickly slips the blade into the cake to make the first cut, hoping that will stave off at least some of whatever anxiety the woman might have about it. Oh, he's getting popular pretty fast though.]

I probably could have cut down on time if I'd just used my journal, but I forgot about it. So I dug around for information, listened around town.

....and then your dog here stole my cheesecake.

[He smirks at the Lucario, although Cynthia's comment has him duck a bit behind the cowl of his cloak to hide that brief flush of his cheeks.]

Erm. Let's see, so that'll be two, three, four....

[Gaius pauses to look around at the Pokemon that have swarmed him, an awkward smile twitching on his lips. He almost jumps when he sees the purple mist out of the corner of his eye-]

Gah! Sorry about that.

[Did it eat too? Well, he supposes he can't go wrong with eight slices, although there goes any hopes for seconds...or leftovers.]

Alrighty, here we go. One slice each- the lady gets first pick.

[He holds the plate out.]