Traditional Japanese cart food. Fried octopus. [ He says it with the expectation of her protests. ]
As for the ball, it's just as I said before. I sent an invitation and you accepted. Aside from our conversation it was probably the least... eventful gathering your town has had in quite some time.
[ Minus Esther's plots and whatever trouble Kol got into that night, but he prefers to keep the family discussion to a minimum. These are separate matters. ]