[ ...that's fine!! It's not like she has much going on with her either, despite the obvious cheer she's sporting in her tone. ]

Thera! [ like it's obvious. ] It's totally part of your bucket list. "Traverse a spooky, mean place with a cute girl."

[ . . . ]

And I need those emotion shard doohickeys from it for a project. [ the actual fucking reasn here but if she has just that as the reason she'll owe him!! and she does not like that, thank you. ]

Sooo? Sounds fun, doesn't it?