"Likely he has it in his head that he's...some sort of father figure, watching out for us all. As if we're not adults who can handle ourselves--most of us, anyway."

There are a few people who might not manage, but they're few and far between, anyway.

"That or he's expecting the worst--what that is, obviously, he has not deigned to share with the rest of us." And if that didn't stick in Yotsuyu's craw, it was hard to say what else did. The city itself seemed far more tranquil than New York, and the gardens that much more so.