Fortunately for Rose bluntness was exactly the way you were supposed to handle Marco. Few people could actually pull it off, but it was one of the reasons he got along so well with Ace's family. "This might be true, but I had a family of thousands of brothers and sisters, it's hard to adapt to such a drastic change in population of close friends or family."

He does hop down from his lofty perch to lean against the other side of the lamppost. So he managed to miss the arched eyebrow at his name, though he's not sure if he'd have caught the meaning to it even if he saw it. "Well since you're one of the only people I've met who seems to have a solid head on her shoulders, how do you feel about being my tour guide? I'll owe you a favor if you like, which isn't something I give out very often."