"You're remarkably calm about being under a mysterious enchantment." Fuu found herself hiding a smile--normally Umi was the one accusing her of being absurdly nonchalant about danger. Imagine how much more outraged she would be about Otani's attitude!

She looked out into the mist, but it was hard enough to perceive the vague landscape beyond during the day. At night, she could just see gray darkness. "It's a very slow-acting kind of sorcery," she said, as she continued to dance. "We started hearing the violin about two weeks ago, didn't we? I would have thought someone trying to hypnotize us would have been in more of a hurry about it."