Tea for Two (Cyrus, Shirohime)

"Ah, he and I will not become enemies, not unless one of us quite abruptly steps well out of line. I do not suspect he would do such a thing, nor that I would, for that matter. He is someone I know can be relied upon, if only indirectly from our position."

Cyrus, too, gazed out at the ocean once more. The simplicity of it once more brought a faint calm to his mind, freeing him of so many of the minutiae that now always seemed to crowd his every thought.

"Other than that, however, I have little to report which I feel would directly concern you. I have sent a small number of the Sternritter out to assist in holiday festivities around the world. It is perhaps trivial, but there is a certain benefit to such triviality in people's lives."