"Please Anise, give me a little credit. I would never bring dangerous chemicals near our food unless I had a very good reason."

The kettle started bubbling just then. To the relief of the world in general, it was actually just potatoes being boiled.

Jade would be lying if he said he wasn't glad to have Anise back. She could always be counted on to be... well, Anise. Bubbly on the outside, fiendish on the inside. Things just hadn't been the same without some poor saps out there finding their money pouches getting noticeably lighter by the day.