Hitomi walked alongside her employer, but a pout was deeply etched on her face and her eyes downcast.  She tried to just ignore the woman and walk in silence, but the woman was speaking such ridiculous nonsense that it was rather hard to ignore her.  What in the world did the woman mean by talking about sparrows?  Still she could have ignored that until the woman asked how Aimi had seemed when she had seen her.<br/><br/>"Well...  She was a little upset, but for some reason she didn't want to travel with us, even as far as the next town..."  She said, believing that telling her just that much couldn't do any harm even if the woman did have bad intentions.  "Though I think Bontenmaru may have scared her a little..."