[A glance sent her way when he'd open the driver's side door gave him a little insight. A smile found its way on his face once again as, in a rare show of it, he felt just the slightest need to be a little forceful, though none of it was a matter of disrespect or pride.

So Lucina would feel just a bit better about convincing her parents that he knew what he was doing, he didn't mind sounding a little stern with the basics.]

We're safer than most people in this rig but it's still the law to put seatbelts on. [Though, really, he never wore one when he was working and there wasn't a single officer in those neighborhoods that would look in that van and feel the urge to ask any of them to put it on--Lucina, especially. They'd all seen her bisect a demon at that point, so it was a lost cause but... well, on a day out in town he preferred abiding by the rules a bit.]

Now... Remember how I warned you guys that music gets weird here? The stuff you heard on TV was just a preview.

[This was his idea of making Lucina's day easier.]