[ Watches her with a puzzled look like an alarmed cat hiding in the back of a closet who can't figure out why this big human is still making noises at it.

When the mallets and garden vanish he takes it as his cue to beeline back over to the table, automatically looking Charon and Lethe over for injuries, not that he's getting the chance to actually find any ]

I don't know what it is either, but hopefully it won't spoil the rest of our talk.