"I'll make sure to bring her some fruit sometime, then," Daia promises, in order to make friends with Cottonball. He wonders if Cottonball and Rene would get along. Having two pets be friends would be adorable.

"I'm sure," Daia almost growls. He's clearly lying. Probably to himself as much as Xander. Though he's not so much agitated at Xander's prodding as much as he is at his own failures.

Xander's aerial recon job makes sense, since he can fly.

"But?" he repeats back to Xander, wondering if there was an actual reason for that but, or if he's just the one being in the way somehow.