[Unfortunately for Hikaru, the person he happened to say it to was a seven-year-old girl and she had been fiddling with the device, having never encountered such technology before. So when it had begun talking, she had tried to figure out where to put what, not realizing it was likely annoying her carriage partner. Alice jumped when he spoke and then blushed, trying and failing to turn it off and getting more flustered the more she couldn't.]
I-I'm sorry. I just- I've never... [Finally she took the thing and just wrapped it up in her coat until it was muffled to a low din.]
A.
I-I'm sorry. I just- I've never... [Finally she took the thing and just wrapped it up in her coat until it was muffled to a low din.]
I'm sorry, sir...