Atsuko paced two steps to catch up with the moving woman. "In another realm?" she repeated, trying not to sound as dumbfounded as she might look although she made an effort to close her lips and control her gaze.
Inevitably, though, it moved towards the direction of the monkey and for once, its golden color finally made sense to her. The next thing she looked at was her moving reflection on the wide windows beside them, closest to the sidewalk they were passing. She hadn't changed just yet.
Paprika was nowhere to be seen either.
Atsuko looked back up to Marisa. "The realm...of the mind?" she asked.