The look Mizu gave me as she passed me the note was different from the expressions she'd shown before. Apparently, I had upset her. Better to apologize than to make her angry, even if I had every reason to be suspicious. "Sorry, I'm paranoid," I wrote, "I've... been through things. I'm sure you heard." I felt the heat rising to my cheeks as I wrote. I never discussed my past, not with anyone... but what choice did I have? Mizu could kill me easily, though of course, I could do the same to her...