I'm not convinced he's keeping her a prisoner. Although he's manipulating her, certainly...
And most mortals can't see us at all. It might be that he assumed the Heavens wouldn't be talking to any of the living.
[Much less pulling surveillance footage. Hakkai doesn't have a high opinion of the Heavens' willingness to investigate things; if they can't understand things from a medieval perspective, they seem to ignore them. If they can't punish a god -- or, at least, a shinki -- they don't seem to recognize that there's a problem at all.
The waitress reappears with a platter: little cups of side dishes, in a remarkable variety, their water, the refill for Hakkai's beer. He picks up the chopsticks and starts tasting side dishes.]
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And most mortals can't see us at all. It might be that he assumed the Heavens wouldn't be talking to any of the living.
[Much less pulling surveillance footage. Hakkai doesn't have a high opinion of the Heavens' willingness to investigate things; if they can't understand things from a medieval perspective, they seem to ignore them. If they can't punish a god -- or, at least, a shinki -- they don't seem to recognize that there's a problem at all.
The waitress reappears with a platter: little cups of side dishes, in a remarkable variety, their water, the refill for Hakkai's beer. He picks up the chopsticks and starts tasting side dishes.]