"I believe she is no longer going by McGee, Ariel," Mephisto said with a sly enough smile, before walking to Mary's side and brushing his lips against her cheek. "I'll be on my best behavior. No arguments here, I assure you." That said, he turned to Ariel and offered a hand. "I see you've come into your own rather quickly! Good for you, if there was one thing Heaven was lacking, it was pessimism."
Ikuko laughed at the entire thing, under her palm, and then nodded to Mary, "I would! Thank you. The gentlemen can polite each other to death, it'll at least be entertaining to us girls."