Yotsuyu certainly had enough leisure where she was from--once she'd been married off to Sashihai, at least, even if the old drunk had beaten her whenever he'd pleased. There had been times that she'd eluded him.

"As you like, but this is a celebration, so it is not as if I have a place I need to be." She didn't mind his company, but there were also times that a person needed to be alone, as well, and if that was the case here, so be it.

"If you are intent on finding it by yourself, perhaps I shall head back to the academy. I find I grow bored of all this Bala-Inlota nonsense and need some quiet to clear my head."

Though the kami and the Twelve both knew that anyone else who heard her say that would be scandalized and horrified. How could she not care? But the simple truth was that she did not.