[ That would be reassuring: that she has some selectivity with regard to what sort of person she would harrass. Add stress doesn't necessarily imply violence, and he's resisting cementing himself in that assumption simply because she looks rough.

And, now, owns abrasiveness. A casual turn of phrase, of course, yet Nanami nonetheless remarks, bland enough to flatten any ridge of humor, ]

Specialty implies effort and prolonged study. Abrasiveness is a personality trait. Though I suppose we can only have so many middle names.

[ That is, at least she hadn't used that tired turn of phrase. But an inclination toward abrasive behavior isn't remarkable. Not in these aggravating circumstances, and not from where he'd come, given the range of personalities who became, stayed, and survived sorcery.

Regardless, she looks young, but not that young. Young and sharp.

Following her gaze, he crosses his arms, leaning — only just — a shoulder against a stall post. ]

Notwithstanding that there are probably visiters from other towns that they expected to come for this festival, it's a good observation. We clearly aren't that sort of tourist or pilgrim. To be so unbothered, have "Chosen" come before us? Why have they so many of those charms ready to freely give, if they weren't expecting something like this?

[ What would the Aldrip-ians do if they rioted as a collective? Even if the so-called gods had power tremendous enough to drag them here, were they as active in the world itself? Rough interrogation remains too premature for him. He may have experience with it, but unless they proved themselves curse users, against the memorandum.

Even so, it's not without sense. ]