[ In turn, Nahida observes the man before her. With the leaves out of the way, his appearance stands out to her. His outfit is familiar in the way that haunted inn from the carnival a few weeks ago had been, but the clothing is very distinctly Inazuman rather than just being an approximation. The symbol emblazoned on his outfit, and the badge he wears—the Tenryou Commission's symbol, if she remembers correctly. He did not have the bearing of a samurai—doushin, then, but their duties wasn't what he preferred to do.

She's seen him before, she realizes, for the last part of her deduction couldn't be something she could observe at a glance. He must be an acquaintance of the Traveler's, she thinks, for that would be the only reason she would be familiar with an Inazuman whom she's certain has never stepped foot in Sumeru.

He, too, seems to have figured who she might be, and her smile shifts subtly, eyes twinkling in knowing. ]

I was careless in my approach, so the leaf creatures caught me. There was nothing I could do to escape, so my only option was to wait for help.