That was the right response - obedient and quick. Franziska felt a little better and continued with her meal. She didn't seem to notice Kibitoshin's silence or his nervousness anymore. If anything, now their interaction reminded her far more of the type she was accustomed to at her office. Her subordinates listened carefully to her every word, the office moved efficiently, she gained her victories, the other prosecutors kept out of her way - it was the way the world was supposed to be.

Although...things had been different once. When she'd visited America. Seeing how that place worked, how everything was still (if inefficiently) moving along, she had wondered (albeit briefly) if she could try that method as well. But no, that was not the von Karma method and even if she'd been leaning that way prior to coming here, with her father alive and watching her, she couldn't afford to slip and show--

"...what did you just say to me?" Did he just chide her? "If you have something to say, Kibitoshin, please speak up and try again."