[ Nao picks up her spoon, unsurprised. Her stomach turns again in time with the action, the first having occurred in line with his "what you are" comment. "What," not "who," a thing, a demon, a monster disenfranchised of anything resembling personhood -- that's how he calls her and there's no guarantee he doesn't think similarly of the dragonkin. They aren't demons and she doesn't get a sense that they are anything remotely like youkai, but they aren't human. There's no guarantee any care he has for humans extends to them; and so, she won't gamble their safety by causing a scene to give herself an opening to exit.
It's primarily for this reason that she remains seated despite her desire to get up and leave. Of course, and more importantly, there's the people she cares for. She doesn't know Kazuya well enough to determine here and now if he would attempt to make the matter of her cooperation into a problem for them. She won't risk it. Whatever happens needs to be kept between herself and him.
The only reason she answers is because he put it as a question. ]
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It's primarily for this reason that she remains seated despite her desire to get up and leave. Of course, and more importantly, there's the people she cares for. She doesn't know Kazuya well enough to determine here and now if he would attempt to make the matter of her cooperation into a problem for them. She won't risk it. Whatever happens needs to be kept between herself and him.
The only reason she answers is because he put it as a question. ]
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