"It's not necessary. I don't have any way to return the favor."

He takes a seat a respectable distance from Persephone and places his mug on the table. Mort gets placed beside it. The emotional support guard bean mouse squeaks on his own.

"Ryo, you haven't met Mort yet, have you?" He tilts his head to the plush Chthonic Companion. "He was my item from home, apparently."