"I... don't know what to tell you," replied Pit at a loss of whatever else could be said. "Sometimes people sign others up as pranks, so the organizers aren't even responsible anyway."

It wasn't like he didn't sympathize with Ike's predicament. He'd hate to be shoved into a blind date without permission, too, even if all the times he'd gone had been willful on his part. "Sorry about this. I'd totally step in for you, but I'm already signed up." He unzipped a pocket of his messenger bag and procured a wrinkled paper folded in half, just to prove his word. "See? Hey, maybe you'll luck out and get me as a date! We'll just make it a free dinner instead! No pressure."