"Hurm? Well... I know you aren't on our team. But that doesn't matter, does it? You don't have to be on our team to go places with us."

He didn't see the problem, really - If she'd met Red and gotten to know him, and was friendly with the other members of the team, how could it be a bad idea?

"You run a contest hall. Maybe it would be good to see different contest halls? I don't know. It was just an idea. I'm sorry if it wasn't a good one." he said, feeling just a touch chastened.