You were a host at the bathhouse, taking a well-earned rest in the communal staff bedroom after another long day of work. The new human had proven to be a good worker, despite a few slips. She had potential; an opinion which your fellow host and confidant, Lin, wholly shared. Unlike most of your fellow spirits, you didn't mind the presence of a human in your ranks, finding it a unique change of pace from the usual grind, which you felt had been a long time coming.

The door slid open, and in peeked Sen with an uncertain, almost sad look on her young face. Lin and the other girls hadn't turned in for the night yet, so it was just you and the small human girl on this quiet evening, still clad in her uniform, albeit with a blue tank-top in lieu of her robe, though she still wore the salmon-colored sashinuki hakama, and as was tradition for the staff, remained barefoot.

Her gaze met yours with a hitched gasp, before she hurriedly padded in and greeted you with a polite, timid yet rushed bow.

"H-Hello."