Peony's face turned into a frown, mouthing to herself, "What? Why would she do that?"
???: "But-but why...?"
"Oh I dunno, maybe to keep her cyborg ward from showing up at the ball and embarrassing her? You know she doesn't want to be associated with my "Eccentricities", as she calls them. It doesn't matter-we'll have the whole apartment to ourselves, and we can watch it on the big portscreen in the living room. How does that sound?"
???: "I suppose that sounds nice..."