Dhaos, do you really think you're going anywhere near that Core Spirit without Grune. :| She's going to be True!Grune at that point, so she's just gonna charge right up to him and tell him flat-out that like hell is he going anywhere without her. She is going to see all your bad points, Dhaos, and you are going to like it. :|

AS FOR PLOTTY THINGS BEFORE, we absolutely need to do the fallout from the Valentine's event. Like, right now. (A visit with Sophie would be cool, too.)