"They have power," Ami said, simply and honestly. "Of course I'm interested." Though considering she was not asking how she could have that power herself, evidently her interest was academic. She'd learned, as much as she craved it, that power had prices. And she'd learned from Kanda that this one was high.

"Besides..." This was less quick to be spoken, not as easy. "I wanted to see where you live." And what he does in the time they don't see each other, so that when he crosses her mind - as he does, more often than she often thinks he should - she can tell herself what he is probably doing at that time.