[ Ai just laughs and waves a hand - dismissively, but not unkindly. ]

No, no, you don't have to be so stiff with me. You can just relax — both of you.

[ Which means Hibiki can go back to machine gunning cookies if she likes. Peace and love on planet Dreamer Union. ]

Around this time of year, it's mostly sweets and chocolates and all sorts of things I really shouldn't be eating too much of. [ She grins. ] It keeps the snack cupboard nice and stocked, though!

[ And don't mind her if she steals a cookie as well— ]

Anyway... now that things have settled down a bit, I was thinking we could take a bit of time to make our Unit official. What do you think?