"Life often is," Mizu says. She hasn't been in this place long, but it's already proven itself to be unusual. Who knows what a fox spirit gets up to. It may make Mizu a fool to come here, but if it helps her purpose, she does not care.

Different time. Didn't know him. It raises more and more questions. "I would be curious to meet him, whenever we leave this room," Mizu says politely. If this man doesn't avoid her like the plague by the end of it.