[belph gets a raised brow and a slight grin, a silent are you sure you would never?, before he turns his attention back to hikage and gives him a nod.]

It's no problem at all. I'm only sorry we're not able to do more.

[though he considers for a moment, and then, as if a thought just struck him (it did not, at all)--]

-ah, there is one thing, actually. You should take her on a date when you talk; she informed me she's fond of them.

[what belph is getting here is the kind of anticipation where you aren't certain what's about to happen, but are reasonably sure it's going to be entertaining.]