Heiji didn't usually turn out for fancy parties on his own -- not unless there was a good reason. But this did, in fact, seem like a pretty good reason. So there he was, neatly dressed in suit and tie and more or less minding his manners.

After the dinnertime announcement, he moved to the sitting room, where he took odd sips of wine while waiting for someone interesting he might approach. Of course, there were many different definitions of someone interesting.