That nagging feeling in the back of her mind continued to persist to such an annoying level that finally, she broke down not long after her dinner was delivered and looked at the two men as she solemnly set her eating utensils aside and asked in a very businesslike manner, "Now that my son has been laid to rest, I'd like to clear a few things up if you don't mind."

Toshinori and Shota sensing the sudden change in her, decided to ignore their meals to see what she had to say and answer any questions that she might have.

"Very well. What is it that you want to know?" Toshi said calmly when she blurted out in a peculiarly anxious tone.

"Why am I here? What game are the two of you playing? Are you- Are you my new handlers? What about my master? I can't imagine he's very happy that his personal play thing tried to kill him. Unless..." An uncharacteristically cruel smirk curved her soft pink lips as she stared the two dead in the eye and said. "Unless I was successful in killing him, that is."

Both men were utterly still and silent from the shock of what the woman had just revealed to them.

"But then again I guess killing him was justifiable for many reasons. Rape, torture, the buying and selling of children and adults, murder-" She sighed then before muttering, "My new master will likely slap an explosive collar around my neck and make me serve him like an animal does..."

Toshinori was shaking so badly that he was trembling with rage in his seat as he watched Mizuki carefully.

She thought that- She believed- How did one respond to such questions? He wondered as Shota decided to speak up for him since he had apparently lost all ability to speak.

"There is no master. You are free now to do as you wish."

"Now I know that you're lying to me. You can't free me. The only kind of free slave is a dead one." Mizuki said venomously as she started to slowly rise from her seat when Toshinori finally found his voice and slammed his hands down on the table and shouted.

"Sit down now!"

Mizuki looked at him with a mutinous look upon her pretty face before realizing that he could really hurt her if he bothered to change forms and beat her, and reluctantly reseated herself as he said. "I don't know what the hell went on in your past, nor do I really care-" It was a lie, even Shota could tell that much just from the tremor in Toshinori's voice. He cared very much about what had happened to her and would rip apart anyone that tried to take her freedom from her now that she had it. "But Shota and I have not busted our asses to give you a fresh start just so that you can squander it. Yes, the loss of your infant son, Shiki was tragic. You're life in general sounds as if it has been tragic. But it all ends here. You are free now to do as you wish, and I don't want to hear another word about your so called master. Understood?"

Mizuki looked as if she were trying to think of something. He could see the stubborn set of her jaw and the way that her hands fisted on the table.

She was dying to say something, but was hesitating to do so for some reason that he didn't understand. Finally after so many minutes, she slowly nodded her head and he felt some of the tension begin to ease out of his body as he slowly retook his seat and said in a more gentle tone. "Good. Now please eat something. We practically ordered a feast so lets all dig in. And if after this you decide that you would like some extra to take home, or to even go grocery shopping, then I'll help."

Mizuki said nothing, she merely nodded her head slowly and picked up her fork and began to slowly pick at her food. This went on for almost thirty minutes before Toshinori cleared his throat to get her attention, and then upon getting it- gave her a curious look before asking. "Is the food not to your liking?"

"I don't know."

"What do you mean- you don't know?"

"I mean- The soup and salad I get. But not the other stuff. I've never seen such foods before. I don't know what they are."

"O-Oh. That didn't occur to us when we ordered everything." Was all that Toshinori could manage to say as he cast a glance over at Shota whom had a nice piece of Tonkatsu pork half stuffed in his mouth. The man didn't even stop chewing right away.

He simply chewed on the tough meat several more times before finally freezing up. As Toshinori decided to break down the foods littering the table.

"Shota is eating some Tonkatsu, that over there is sushi, next to it is about three dozen mussels with cream sauce, and next to that is some shrimp stir fry, over there is some udon noodles, next to that is some crab rangoon's, over there is some Karaage which is a type of fried chicken thigh, and last but not least is mochi, a nice pastry with either jam or cream filling. All of which are incredibly delicious. So make sure that you try a little bit of everything to see what you like."

It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him that her stomach couldn't hold that much food, but decided to tell him later, after she made a point to puke on his shoes and simply said, "Uh...okay." And then fixed herself a plate with a little bit of sushi, mussels, shrimp- that she picked out of the stir fry and simply placed on her plate. Some rangoons, two pieces of karaage, a little bit of udon in a small bowl, and two things of mochi.

One green tea, and a vanilla and then slowly began eating her preferred foods.