"Remain silent," Yi Sang ordered tersely as he discreetly let you outside. "A few of our clansmen have chosen to stand guard tonight."

It had been a while since your infiltration mission failed, so this was the first time you had seen the stars in days. Or was it weeks? The interrogation room they held you in didn't have a clock.

"We shall stay here for only a moment," he coldly reminded you, the moon casting a milky glow on his longsword. "If you attempt to flee, you know I will carve sin unto you."

He knew he was supposed to despise you. He was supposed to starve you, to keep you in that cold, dank cellar under his clan's base so you'd have more incentive to break and spill the secrets of the Kurokumo Clan.

And now, he was letting you get fresh air. He knew he was being pathetic.

But you hadn't told the others about him sneaking you scraps of food and water, so he assumed you wouldn't tell them about this, either.