Noriko stopped long enough to make some attempt at looking presentable, throwing her hair up into pig tails and shrugging on her Xaier's hoodie. She then took off running down the stairs practically two at the time.

When she found Grimmer's door she knocked, lightly at first, a light rap, but there was a bit of an anxious edge to it. Her eyes had a blue sheen to them, electricity crackling just beneath the surface.