Hitomi<br/><br/>"Sorry, but no," I answer, shaking my head, thought not without a longing look at her body as she gets up, "I need to see if my friend is alive and well, since no one has heard from her in a while.  And if her lover is too."<br/><br/>I shrug, and wait for Beatrice.  I do not want to stay, but if I run off she might...decide that I was in on it.  And that would be a lethal decision, for me.  Unless I went back.  And that was not an option that I wanted to consider.