"We can work on balancing your work and free time so that you don't burn out. I know I can't make you do anything, but it would be a favor to me if you would actually take the time so that I can actually come and see you without you being neck-deep in work or else crashed from a lack of sleep." Something she's had some experience with, through living with others that weren't all that good at taking care of themselves, either.

She can't help her smile at the mention of the soapbox that he'd given her, her nose wrinkling with it. It was still such a silly joke, and she was happy that he'd made it. She actually got a lot of use out of it, now that it was primarily where she stored her toiletries.

Magne turns and reaches for the bottle of the sauce that she'd made to go with the cutlets, something she'd had a harder time with due to having to substitute one of the main ingredients. Mirin just isn't something that exists on the island so she knows that her katsu sauce isn't going to taste quite right, but so far it hasn't gotten any negative reviews either. She holds it out to him to put as much as he likes on his helping.

"I'm going to get some of these people set up at the inn, then I'll probably come and sleep it off on your couch so that I get some quiet. If that's alright with you."