Confused and still clearly feeling her own heartbeat, she stared at Shimizu san, not understanding his words at first. Going through them again and seeing something like a faint smile on his lips, she was unsure if he made some sort of joke at first, only to let her down later on. But then she assumed the Commander must just be in a very good mood, well, in his way. She turned towards him, and while still sitting, tried to bow as deep as possible, almost shouting:
"Hai!"
She felt a lot of tension falling of her, and with a gasp of relief, she took a first sip from the still hot tea. Clumsily trying to change the topic as fast as possible, she later added:
