Well, it helps that I know you fairly well, so I already had an inkling that you weren't quite aware of its implications.. [ Though she still did freak out at the mere sight of it.

But ssh, it's ok. Guri doesn't have to know, especially when the very thought of offending Alice is already freaking her out so much, right? The last thing Alice wants to do is make it worse. ]

But it is really alright, Guri. I was.. ah, well, I was hoping that we were close enough to not mind such slight things.