moving in

Hanako's ears tipped forward as she listened, the food between her paws forgotten. More than anything she wanted Azure's approval, to serve him in any way that she could, but the thought of becoming a spy was a little daunting, to be honest. She'd suggested a scout because it sounded simple, easy, that she'd just have to sniff around for information and report back to whoever wanted to hear it. But a spy? The implications were clear, as were the risks. She could see where Azure was coming from though, whether she liked it or not her skills were applicable to that field of work. After all, Hanako was a people person and it was easy for her to get people to talk and to inadvertently spill their secrets as though they were lifelong friends. But she'd never approached anyone with the intention of manipulating them, she just wanted to give and not take.

For the longest time she didn't respond and simply let his words roll over her. Did she think she could do it? And did she even want to? Hanako wasn't a thrill seeking sort of girl, she preferred all things safe and familiar, but she knew that either way she'd have to step outside of her comfort zone if she wanted to remain with the Armada. She'd spent her whole life following a path someone else had paved out for her, but now it was branching off in different directions and she had no idea which route to take. Her chest ached with the uncertainty of it all as her gaze lingered upon her fiery paws. Danger and the unknown, that's what laid ahead for her. But if this was what Azure wanted then she'd do it. Not because she felt as though she had no choice, that Azure was putting his sabres to her throat and forcing her rather... It was what she wanted too, to be of help and to make use of the skills she already had at her disposal.

She looked up to him with a gentle but determined smile. "Yes, your Highness."

Hanako offered him no fluffy words of reassurance, she simply stated a fact that she knew to be true. Picking up the meat once again she finished it off with a lick of her lips, before she cleaned her face with a swipe or two of her front paw.

"I'll talk to Sirius in the next few days, make it seem as though I thought about it for a while." It was strange how how quickly she was already slipping into the spy mentality, ensuring that her actions presented herself in the best possible light. The last thing she wanted was for the Warlord to think she was impulsive and thoughtless. "Is there anything else?"