[ it would be marginally more useful to him to know whether or not this is the latest in the government's long list of making coven life hell, but ryuji doesn't seem to have that answer. he relents, but not without shutting his eyes in frustration and sighing. ]

Very well. No doubt they suspected shoving their dirty work onto an unsuspecting citizen would be easier than ...

[ he's reaching for the basket, but he stops just short of actually taking it. instead, he pauses to eye his giftgiver intently. this one is less of a glare, for what it's worth. that he arrived recently was more or less obvious, but being accosted leaving the apartment sounds ... familiar. ]

You don't mean [ the coven apartment, whatever its name or number is ], do you?