After a swallow, Benjiro answers her honestly, “I did, and it’s for travel out to the Moss Army Forts. The military and coast guard monitor the bay, and the last thing any of us need is to get attention from the authorities. We need to go check out one of the forts to confirm if someone else involved with the Numbers is hiding out there.”

Then it is back to his cinnamon roll like all of this is very natural.