Hanako is most relieved that not many people are walking around the store at this hour. She's not really on shopping duty or anything, but still asked Jack to let her go instead of him today. You may call it training, but in order to calm her fear of crowds she needs to make an attempt and enter one of the places people often frequent. After making extra sure her hair covers her facial scars, she's now focusing on the food and other supplies she has to pick from the list Jack wrote down, a small basket hanging from her arm.

Suddenly her shoulders go stiff when she senses someone speaking up with a question the half of which escapes her mind quickly. Looking around, she sees no one but a man standing next to her. It takes willpower not to just jump out of her skin.

"Ah...?" Hanako babbles a little, mouth moving like a fish's before she regains the ability to speak properly. "I'm sorry, w-would you please repeat the question...?"