"They're still great to have." Especially on a day when you really didn't want to attempt anything resembling cooking, and Dora wasn't a great cook. At all. She tended to eat a lot of noodles and eggs and toast when left to her own devices.
"I look in on it sometimes but I've not particpated. I dueled competitively for several years and I can't help but worry that I'd hurt someone on accident." And then get accused of nefarious purposes and yeah she tended to keep to the fringes there.