Connie's approach goes unnoticed for a good while. Patches is making some observations about the Gourmet Job that nobody wants or needs to hear, which in turn is drawing retorts from Kisegawa and it's all devolving into an argument inside their head.

Uendo sighs and is just about to speak out loud to bring them back on track when he catches movement out of the corner of his eye.

"Yipes!" The surprise throws them into a brief mental jumble. Patches is the one who somehow ends up at the front. "H-Hey there, kiddo! Where'd you come from?"