> Sigh.
> "Look. I already know you value your privacy. I won't pursue it any further than that. Let's just break it down to the known facts. It would be nice to have someone available to look after Sanae and Squeaky, Satori loves animals about as much as you do, and she pretty much never visits topside unless someone drags her here. She's also a mind-reader, yes, and she lives near a lot of closed-space caves and a lot of rowdy oni, as much as none of them are ever gonna learn about this."
> Point inside a sleeve.
> "That's the gist of it. Make your decision based on all that. I won't question it."