"What do you want?" Asked the young Director.
Ren looked away from the pastel-colored decoration to face the man who was waiting with him in front of the store's counter.
"An infusion," he answered.
Utagawa Takao raised a puzzled eyebrow at this surprising choice, and ordered a coffee in turn. Then, after paying for their order, the young Director went to a table near the shop window, followed closely by Ren.
It would surely be a few more minutes before their order was ready, and Takao took advantage of this extra time to start addressing the topic he wanted to explore by talking to the Marline employee.
"It'll probably take a while, but I have a lot of questions for you about some rumors I've heard," he began.
"Rumors?" Ren repeated.
