"I already took the job. I am the job," she answered, pulling up her pants. "This isn't something I can just quit, and even if I could, it's a matter of giri now."

She didn't know if he was familiar with the term or not, but if anyone should understand honor, she hoped it would be him.

"You don't even know what you want to do, so don't feed me that excuse," she shot back. "I express concern over your safety, and you completely ignore anything I say that doesn't fit with what you want. You know damn well that Juliano's warned you off. What do you think would happen if you just showed up in Tokyo to stay?"