“You,” called Clorinde, her stern gaze giving no intimation of what she was thinking. “I have to go watch out for Furina in a rather dangerous area.”

Her arms crossed over her chest as she spoke. You could tell she didn’t really know how to make this… not insensitive. She wasn’t great at conversing. “I’m gonna need some backup here, probably — just a little support though. You can come with me.”

And although her words sounded like a request, you knew she was very much demanding it.