Right, [Tony agrees, with somewhat forced optimism. People do come back sometimes, he knows. He just doesn't know how common it is. But hey, maybe with things heating up with Malicant, they'll start pulling back in the old recruits.

And the hot chocolate is a success!] I do wish we had real chocolate, though, [he says wistfully.] But the marshmallows are great. I just... learned a lot more than I wanted to know about how marshmallows are made. [Finding a kedan confectioner who could make him marshmallows was a very... informative adventure. Did you know that marshmallows are made with gelatin? And did you know that gelatin is made from leftover animal parts? Yum.]