Nel tilted her head and gave Apache a faux-innocent shrug. She'd sent the others away to stay out of trouble, but she couldn't exactly send herself away, and Hojo wasn't the first to fall foul of her.

"Hojo wouldn't stop smoking in the kitchen," she said, appending a bright smile to the end of the sentence. "If I catch him again, he'll be eating the cigarette." While it was still lit.