[If Kiritsubo notices that flicker of ignorance... She doesn't bother to say a thing about it. Why bother, when she has a far more pressing "concern" in the form of a man far too full of himself to come when he was called. (That's fine. Dogs were cuter when they strained at the leash.)]
I'm not trying to challenge you for the title, if that's what you're worried about.
[Eyes that could see only「truth」gaze at him through the swirling tendrils of smoke that drift up from her pipe, the quirk of her painted lips growing slightly sharper in the corners.]
I was going to ask if you've been finding the resort to your liking. They do throw a decent party...
[A wave of the pipe seems to gesture at... all around them. The festive decor, the richly dressed guests, the soft music and lively chatter in the air.]
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I'm not trying to challenge you for the title, if that's what you're worried about.
[Eyes that could see only「truth」gaze at him through the swirling tendrils of smoke that drift up from her pipe, the quirk of her painted lips growing slightly sharper in the corners.]
I was going to ask if you've been finding the resort to your liking. They do throw a decent party...
[A wave of the pipe seems to gesture at... all around them. The festive decor, the richly dressed guests, the soft music and lively chatter in the air.]