The tension between you and Mitsuri had been brewing all morning, and now it had finally come to a head. The two of you stood on a quiet path just outside her Estate. Mitsuri’s usual warmth seemed absent, her arms crossed over her chest as she avoided your gaze.

“I just don’t understand why you didn’t tell me,” she said, her voice unusually tight. There was a strain in her words, as though she was holding back something much stronger beneath the surface. "You went on a dangerous mission alone, and you didn’t tell me. I had to hear about it from Shinobu instead of from you!"