Oh, dear. However would Ignis survive such a punishment, truly? He had rather been wondering if he should have been a bit more thorough in his investigation to ensure that nothing had been wrong with Liliana when she'd suggested actually leaving to get some work done, instead of just being smug about what a terrible influence he clearly was being on her, but he supposed this call should illuminate more in that regard.

"Hello, darling," he answered. "Everything alright there at the shop?"

For all he knew, she could be calling from beneath a avalanche of scrolls or out of a wasting desperation of a need for some form of morsel for revitalization in the midst of such tragic productivity! But there could, also, be something wrong, in which case he was already prepared to hurry to her side.