[ She listens to what Minato is saying ... about the mark, about finding people that she's comfortable with, and "staying ahead," but she doesn't say anything in response. All of this is so far outside the realm of her experience that all she can't do much more than process it -- or at least attempt to.

[ It's just ... hard to grapple with the idea that her first time being with anyone might be in a place like this, under circumstances like these.

[ She doesn't realize she's zoned out until Minato is standing in front of her, offering her a shirt and shorts to give her something more substantial than the robe she'd woken up in. ]

Thank you, Arisato-kun. For the information, the food, and for this ... I'm sorry to have inconvenienced you so much.

[ Perhaps she doesn't need to apologize - Minato doesn't seem like someone who'd hold this against her, or anyone else who needed help - but he's still a perfect stranger.

[ She sets the beef bowl down on the table next to her and reaches out to accept the clothes, hesitating briefly to say: ]

I apologize for not eating more. It's very good, and I don't mean to waste your money ...

[ The more she understands about this place and what she might encounter, the less of an appetite she has. ]