It is the Princess' hope that the two of you will be able to work together in the near future. If such a thing is agreeable to you, then I am sure she will be overjoyed to hear it.
[She says, like she isn't sitting right here hearing it for herself. God. Here's hoping Kaoru doesn't mind little deceptions like this - necessary, she thinks, because the Nagumo clan quite frankly has an awful reputation and even she can't trust them not to do whatever they can to keep her here should they discover that a real female demon has come wandering into their midst - because once he does come to Yase, she's going to have to explain that her name isn't actually Kimigiku.
There is something about the way he says that, though - "The Princess is very kind" - that gets under her skin, and though she keeps smiling, her fingers clench into the fabric of her kimono.]
Everyone should have a chance to make friends if they wish to... that is something that she firmly believes. [That Kaoru has spent so long here but it's been so difficult to get any information about him - it can only be because he isn't free to live his life as he wishes, she's sure of it. She doesn't know exactly what the Nagumo clan is doing to him, but she doesn't imagine it can be anything good.
Particularly because she's well aware that he isn't the young girl the clan is presenting him as; she knows better than to bring that up where they could hear it, though.
Before she can say much else, there is a bit of a commotion from the hallway - Sen looks toward the door again and her brows furrow. There are people out there talking in hushed tones, and she can't quite make out what they're saying, but she doesn't like that it's happening so close to where she is meeting with Kaoru.]
...what on earth...?
[It doesn't occur to her that her deception may have been discovered already, but she is worried nonetheless. For all she knows, something else might have happened.]
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[She says, like she isn't sitting right here hearing it for herself. God. Here's hoping Kaoru doesn't mind little deceptions like this - necessary, she thinks, because the Nagumo clan quite frankly has an awful reputation and even she can't trust them not to do whatever they can to keep her here should they discover that a real female demon has come wandering into their midst - because once he does come to Yase, she's going to have to explain that her name isn't actually Kimigiku.
There is something about the way he says that, though - "The Princess is very kind" - that gets under her skin, and though she keeps smiling, her fingers clench into the fabric of her kimono.]
Everyone should have a chance to make friends if they wish to... that is something that she firmly believes. [That Kaoru has spent so long here but it's been so difficult to get any information about him - it can only be because he isn't free to live his life as he wishes, she's sure of it. She doesn't know exactly what the Nagumo clan is doing to him, but she doesn't imagine it can be anything good.
Particularly because she's well aware that he isn't the young girl the clan is presenting him as; she knows better than to bring that up where they could hear it, though.
Before she can say much else, there is a bit of a commotion from the hallway - Sen looks toward the door again and her brows furrow. There are people out there talking in hushed tones, and she can't quite make out what they're saying, but she doesn't like that it's happening so close to where she is meeting with Kaoru.]
...what on earth...?
[It doesn't occur to her that her deception may have been discovered already, but she is worried nonetheless. For all she knows, something else might have happened.]