Artemis blinked, "Because he would have been angry with you, if you hadn't eaten. And we all have to wrestle with our own personal injuries--physical and psychological. How we deal with these problems is completely up to the individual--not those who surround the individual. If you wanted to go out that night, you were perfectly within your rights to. Far be it from me to deny you that by tattling on you to Momochi-san.

"Besides," Artemis looked embarrassed, "I thought he would take it out on me if I said you hadn't eaten. Or he would at least start asking uncomfortable questions."