[... He nods, and Hayame is not sure if she is relieved or upset that the running lizards were apparently... very real. Enough that he just knows exactly what she's talking about, and where she had been...

Oof. They just kept those wild animals around to race them once a year??? Wait-]

N- no, I have no particular need to go back there.

[She had been far more concerned with kicking reptiles in the face and trying not to kill spectators when she looked for a place to jump out of the course.]

We should prioritize the shard.

[But... Her expression falters just the tiniest bit, a look he might recognize because he is one of the few people who has seen it before. What she looked like when she was tempted to choose something that was not duty. ... She rarely could ever let herself, not without an excuse, and yet-]

Once we locate it, perhaps...

[Perhaps then...]

You might. Show me more of the city?