Iku managed to not make very much of a mess, but she had had a bit of practice.  Still, she had no way to judge unless she wanted to go feeling around for a mess, and ramen was hardly a clean food even when one could see or one had practice with blind eating.  She would have to learn a bit.  When Hima touched her and propositioned her for a trip to the bathhouse, she found herself blushing again.  Surely, she was reading too much into it, but the finger touching her cheek was so forward!<br/><br/>"Not that I am ungrateful for a chance to rest after a trying combat trial," she began shakily, trying to maintain her composure despite the fact that everything was about to go wrong as far as she knew, "is that not inappropriate?  Someone of your station being seen with someone of my station on a non-work assignment, associating with me as a friend...it might make others think lesser of you and I would not want to harm your reputation."<br/><br/>She had a feeling that Hima would insist, but it was only polite to consider her superior's reputation...