Akihiko's hands fumbled a bit with Eika's sudden granola bar toss. He didn't really expect - or need - his familiar to give him food, but it was the thought that counted, right? He undid the wrapper and began to quietly eat the snack. "Thanks Eika!" he said with a nod and a smile. While the familiar could be seen as rather [i]clingy[/i], Akihiko didn't much mind. At least her heart was in the right place and he could always depend on her.

Just then, Jeffery-san (Fajardo-san?) entered the building, carrying foodstuffs for everyone else. Akihiko waved. He had to admit he felt a little bit guilty that he wasn't doing anything much in the financial sense for the agency. Perhaps he could go white-hat or take up some kind of part-time job to help out around the place. Though hopefully this case would bring in enough capital to last them all through to the next one, and he wouldn't have to go looking through the classifieds. Speaking of which, Ando-sama had decided to quit waiting for any others to arrive and decided to brief them on the operation they were to take part in. It looked like there was some kind of supernatural robbery, likely either hired by a branch family or committed by them themselves. Details didn't much change, it was still their fault either way. 

Akihiko put his hand to his chin as he read over the case report. Akiza-san posed a question regarding specific thoughts as to who in the families might want the disappeared relic. After a moment or two of thought, a thought occurred to him. What if it was just someone taking advantage of the interfamilial turmoil to take it for themselves? Akihiko shook his head slightly. [i]'That's probably not the answer... Just keeping an open-mind is good, shouldn't let myself lose focus though,'[/i] he thought.

Akihiko mildly jumped in his seat at the very sudden appearance of their resident cat burglar. Roswell-san was like a ninja, silent and deadly. Definitely the former, probably the latter too. 

"What if.. ah... What if it's just some outsider who, ah, took advantage of the situation? ...So to speak" he piped up, though his voice was a teensy bit quiet. He was still a bit unsure of his whole guess at large, but hopefully the answer would put his concerns to rest, "Has there been any recent... conflicts within the family? Like, something bigger than the usual back and forth?"