Mai Mingle's gaze swept around the bathroom before settling on the back of the makeup-applying woman's head.
"Why?" she asked out of the blue.
The back of the woman applying makeup remained perfectly still. "…What 'why'?"
"I don't understand."
Mai Mingle had never heard of anything like this before. "I want to leave. What gives you the right to stop me? And what's all this about rules and clues? I never agreed to play along, did I? Doesn't this sort of thing require mutual consent? Since when is it okay to force a deal on someone?"
The back of the head fell silent.
"Also, you're the one who lost her face. Why do I have to find it? What does that have to do with me leaving? It's not like your face is the key to opening the door for me, is it?"
After nearly ten seconds, the woman applying makeup slowly asked, "Have you… never been to a Nest before?"
