She finally turned her gaze away and gave Lucy a tender look. "I still want to get together to chat about it one on one sometime Lucy. I know you love the written word, but there are some things that you can only express verbally!"
"I understand Mira. It...would be nice to get together again."
Mirajane gave a surprisingly mirthless chuckle. "It can be more than one on one as well if that makes you more comfortable."
She shrugged, disguised as stretching. Cobra stood uncomfortably between the two of them, knowing that he was missing out on whatever context led to the conversation being so tense and realizing he had no idea just what he was butting into. His nerves begged him to change the topic, and in the resulting adrenaline, he remembered just the thing he'd been meaning to ask.
"Hey, demon. Something strange happened yesterday. There isn't anyone else who knows about this, right?"