Mana sat down with Bella, looking around the kitchen.  Things were indeed quite busy here, people running every which way and the smell of cooking food heavy in the air.  "Oh, no, I don't mind.  I've spent a lot of time here in the South."  True for both her real self and Aki - many of Mana's biggest missions had been here in this Direction...such a mission was even the reason that she was here now.  She waited patiently for the food to be served.