Velma was waiting for Z's return while she completed her other tasks. She'd already been informed that he'd be returning with a group of friends he made during his outing, and had already made the arrangements to cater to any needs they may have.
At the same time, she couldn't help but shake her head at Lex's words. 'Outing'? The boy had been kidnapped, enslaved and worked to the bone. Only Lex could make that sound like he was taking a vacation. To be fair, when she compared that to the stories she'd lately been hearing about Lex, about the scene he caused with that unknown tribulation, and only Innkeeper knows what else, it really did seem like a vacation.
She looked at the article which stated that Lex had briefly 'kidnapped' the attention of all the Dao Lords in the universe from the Dream Arena, she couldn't help but shake her head. These unreliable news agencies were really leaning into his kidnapping thing.
