Don't be ridiculous. Even if you're not eager to mingle, there are plenty here who'd enjoy mingling with you. Don't disappoint them.

[She peels off her gloves, laying them on one of the back tables where they're unlikely to be mistaken as 'lost' by a well-meaning Hero or civilian.]

[Then he describes Repede. Rukia is paying rapt attention to Yuri, staring right at him. Then she's immediately lifting herself onto the toes of her feet, scanning the crowds for signs of that familiar jagged tail of his canine companion, because that sounds adorable. She's forgotten the mistletoe incident of last year completely, which was her entire reason she'd asked if the mischievous dog was present in the first place.]

I hope so.

[No sign of him for now, though, so to the kitchens they go.]

Did you find the gift I gave you yet? I'm quite proud of it.