[ It gets even harder to remember the unpleasantness as she looks at Iris. Her smile does seem to dampen though as Eustace processes her words. ]

I know. I wanted to stay but I...

[ She didn't want to disappoint Kazuma. Or the others of the Harvest fam (but mainly Kazuma). It doesn't help that Ferran still wasn't receptive to her company. ]

I told him I would be back. Tomorrow. [ With food, most likely, and other goodies, from the beach. ] It is going to take so long to get there, we planned to stay the night.