Kuromaru straightened up, ear pricking in alarm. "She said not to! She said it was no big deal." His ear slicked back unhappily. "But they put us in different cells so I couldn't see what happened. I think something bad, because afterward she let me drink beer. I said I was going to tell you, and she said not to." He paused there, only just then realizing that perhaps he'd made a mistake.

He thought about it for a long time. "If you were her alpha, I wouldn't get in trouble." His tail thumped on the blankets. "Or maybe if we go rip Ibiki's face off, we won't get in trouble!"