[A Brisk Afternoon Job - Day 2]

"Hm, you take care too. I don't envy your position here, as an outsider. Good luck."
Atsushi gives a half-hearted wave with a thoughtful expression, before walking off to the dining hall.

After heading much the same direction, G'nichi diverts back to the temple that had hosted the Banquet.
Therein he can find Lady Eiko kneeling in the back, facing a little altar and evidently praying. That small child is seated next to her, doing that thing children do where they're trying to follow the same process, but fidgeting too much because...well, children aren't good at sitting quietly like that for very long.