Yaone listens thoughtfully. Seeking to inspire camaraderie among the new and old is a more optimistic way of looking at the situation and not a motivation she had thought of. Perhaps she is a being a little over-sensitive, viewing all of these proceedings through such a suspicious lens. Then again, could anyone truly blame her? She'd been abducted against her will, presented with an identity to become that wasn't her own, and immediately been questioned about her loyalties during a state of confusion. Maybe it's the youkai blood in her driving her to resist with such quiet animosity, seeing this Heaven as such a threatening place.

"I had thought similarly. They may be hoping for intoxication to loosen tongues and give them information they might not otherwise obtain. So many things today appear to have been done with the intent of gathering information on the participants."