That was quite the loaded question, wasn't it? Naesala was hardly eager to let on what exactly it was that he was carrying. Not to mention that Arietti seemed young, though it was quite hard to tell her age when she was so small in the first place.

"Ah... I think it's a kind of medication. It did just fall into my lap, so to speak." See, that was true in a sense. It was always easier to slide a lie past when it was at least partially true. "I don't know who owns it, so I intend on getting rid of it. I wouldn't recommend taking a taste when neither of us knows exactly what it is."