"You find that ambiguous? The ultimatum of that you choose to make work, with time and guidance, which I stated would not need to be now, but would be worked on until it was comfortable to you, but needs the acceptance now? And that if you cannot do as such then you may feel free to continue serving with no emotional attachment or leave at your discretion?" Her tone was sharp, suddenly. Whatever Futo had said had tripped her into a more severe mindset.

"I thought I made it plenty clear. And now it cannot be any more so. You are not dense in the mind, Futo, but you certainly make that hard to believe here."

She pulled her hand from Futo's.

"But since you said yourself that the price is too high, then clearly you have already made the decision. I will not face rejection again, and I will not have someone at my side who is not strong and firm in their convictions when given a clear choice. I thought you would happily take the opportunity to seize more power as it is given to you, and I would happily give it to you, along with all the love and affection you could want.

But I have been scorned. And if your choice is that you cannot serve with no emotional connection, then I shall have Tojiko escort you to the door.

Good bye, Mononobe. What you do with your life from here on is your choice; but don't die here where it'll just attract the shinigami."

And with that, she stepped around and headed toward the door to call Tojiko.