[ She's scuffed, like she's been in a fight, but probably nothing on the level of what Vi would've seen on their first meeting. Mizuki shivers. ]

I had to.

I mean, he... he was just going to walk away. His hands, his clothes were... Everything was so clean, but I knew it couldn't be a coincidence to see him standing there.

So when he went to take his knife back from the body, I confronted him.

[ A pause. She doesn't even know if this made a difference in how he acted at all, but... ]

He was branded, too.