She straightens her shoulders and lifts her chin, letting out a breath slow and even. "In a nutshell."

Noriko isn't sure how she feels about being faced with that, but if there's one thing she's learned it's that when she only has one forward and one backward path, choose the forward one. "I don't know whether or not you'll be as amenable to the stark reality of who I am, should you have to see it."