"I'm sure I can manage," Otto demurs, with a bit of false modesty. Of course he can make a salad! He's been here often enough to know where to get started finding the materials, even!

(For some reason, it feels a little strange that it takes him multiple returns to the fridge to get all the vegetables. But of course it does, he's only got two hands!)

"Almost got caught up in some metahuman fight today," he says as he's washing the lettuce. "Had to take cover in a store for a little while with one of my students." It's not necessarily a terrifying story; these things happen in Excelsior. But it's a story worth telling, so he doesn't at all question why his encounter with Balthier specifically is returning to mind.