[Phoenix wishes he was never invited to this party to be honest.

It's refreshing to know she still has the same priorities... He deadpans to himself.]

Um, yeah. A real pity. I... would definitely prefer almost any other kind of reunion! Hopefully we'll find our way out of this mess soon.

[They certainly do need that. At least one upside to acting as her shield is that he doesn't have to catch glimpses of her get-up. But he's still embarrassed to consider that now Franziska has a back row seat. Whatever Phoenix is stuck in, it doesn't leave much to the imagination.]