For some reason, the thought of Hokuto getting into the room where the vultures had all sorts of stuff, like the clothes they shoved her into for the trip to the town, brought about a feeling of foreboding. Not in the something's-going-to-eat-her-girl sense, but in the just plain old uh-oh sense.

"Oh, really?" The grin took on a bit of a nervous cast, but that's as much as she gave away. "I'm not sure where we're going, but I'm picking her up from her room."

She tilted her head, fingers moving from her girlfriend's hair to her neck, and said, "Let me walk you to where you're meeting your brother."