Following Eira to her table, Illya was delighted to see that she was serving what he knew of as Welsh cakes, but what Eira herself called bakestones. After his first bite, he knew that her cakes were the ones he would measure all future ones by.

Conversation flowed along with the tea and the agents learned that Eira was the best friend of Gowan's grandmother and had known him for his whole life. For his part, Gowan was quite relieved that she didn't delve into some of the embarrassing things he'd gotten into in his younger days.