[She wants to say Yes, always yes but she's not sure if she can. She knows Kaoru was skilled enough to slay them in his first life - but in this one? He's regaining his memories, but what about learned skills? Swordsmanship, self-defense... If escaping brings down the wrath of the Nagumo clan on both of them, and he gets hurt...
She doesn't want that. She doesn't want that. Staying with him is something she wants so incredibly badly, but - not at the risk of hurting him...
Before she can do much more than shake her head a little uselessly, though, he's picked up on her slipup and there is a moment where her expression is blankly confused. Why wouldn't he know that she - oh, right... because she'd done it in secret, looking through the kitchen even after his attempts at cleaning up.
Chizuru closes her eyes and sighs lightly.]
You weren't... very subtle about keeping me from seeing whatever was in the kitchen. Knowing what I know about the old man's involvement with the ochimizu, how could I not be suspicious? [And after the castle, how could she not snoop around?]
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She doesn't want that. She doesn't want that. Staying with him is something she wants so incredibly badly, but - not at the risk of hurting him...
Before she can do much more than shake her head a little uselessly, though, he's picked up on her slipup and there is a moment where her expression is blankly confused. Why wouldn't he know that she - oh, right... because she'd done it in secret, looking through the kitchen even after his attempts at cleaning up.
Chizuru closes her eyes and sighs lightly.]
You weren't... very subtle about keeping me from seeing whatever was in the kitchen. Knowing what I know about the old man's involvement with the ochimizu, how could I not be suspicious? [And after the castle, how could she not snoop around?]