Piper frowned when Chris entered the way he did, but Phoebe beat her to the punch, so to say, of scolding him. "You heard your Aunt Phoebe, Chris, sit down." Turning to Penthea and Pallie, she smiled a very fragile, "I-hope-this-isn't-as-bad-as-it-feels-to-be" smile. "Penthea, Pallie, please sit down. Make yourselves comfortable." She smiled again, then said, "Is anyone else going to be joining us today, or is this everyone?"