Jintetsu tipped his head in reply to her as she walked past, and had she been anyone else, that would have been the end of it. After all, she did seem like a regular, friendly person who just happened to be going the same way as him, even if she looked awfully strange. (Everyone here was strange-looking, anyway.)

But there was something about this woman that piqued his interest, looks aside. He couldn't put his finger on it, but for some reason she...

"Wait," he said a few seconds after she'd passed him. "Why were you following me?" It was odd that he should ask that, as he really didn't have any reason to believe she'd been following him at all. Maybe he just wanted her to stay a little longer... which, knowing Jintetsu, would also be odd. Normally he just wanted people to leave.