I don’t think my meal with Lydia and her blonde companion was as uncomfortable for me as Caius had expected. I was used to eating my food with a glamorous woman scowling across the table at me - whether it was Xena or this new woman didn’t make any difference to me. The beautiful, blonde woman didn’t say a single word to me as we ate our breakfast, and she spent most of the time trying to get Caius’ attention. Lydia said enough to her that I was sure her name was Mila, but that was about the only thing I figured out. I wasn’t particularly interested in finding out any more about her, anyway. She was no more important to me than any other stranger, and I assumed that Rin would have told me about Mila and Lydia if they were worth knowing about. I finished eating before Caius and sat qui