"I see," he said, leaning back slightly.
"…"
"Zilu… what do you think about the idea of traveling with us?"
"Eh?"
Saying that, Mark could feel all the eyes around him turn toward him with intensity, but to his surprise, beyond that, neither Aria, Ely, nor Alice said anything.
"You heard me," Mark continued, looking at the rabbit-eared woman. "If you really have nobody and nothing tying you to any particular place, you can come with us until you figure out what you want to do."
Zilu looked at him in surprise.
Her black ears lifted slightly from the surprise, trembled lightly in the air, and then lowered again.
"Why…?" she said finally in a quiet voice. "Why would you offer me something like that?"
Mark looked at her slightly confused.
