"With Bert and Roland present, I can't say I'm surprised." Alain smiled dryly, looking over at Roland, who had headed wordlessly into the kitchen to make tea once he was sure Nariko was all right. "I'm glad you aren't still angry at Bert. He lets his tongue and his temper run away with him, that's all." Then, as a nasty thought occurred to him, "The person he got angry with. Were they alright?"

It wouldn't be the first time that Bert had messed up their standing in a new place by getting into a fight, after all. And it probably hadn't been that person's fault. If they had left with a broken nose or something worse, someone ought to seek them out and make amends before anything escalated into real trouble.