When the service finally ends—and on that note, too; what an embarrassment—Misaya rises immediately. What a relief. She can't say she understands going through the motions of faith when hardly anyone gathered in the chapel seems to appreciate it, but far be it from her to question her grandparents' wisdom. It's with her usual straight-backed and proud bearing that she makes her way through the pews.

As she passes by her snoozing servant, she very deliberately stomps on his foot.