"I understand everything," Momoko said, like she was revealing a great secret. "Everybody likes to think that people are nice and good and selfless but that's just sentimental nonsense." She wriggled a bit until she had her arm wrapped around his, so it wasn't being crushed between them.

"Or you can watch the tape, there will be at least five cameras around to record it," she said with another giggle. For once, the knowledge that she was being recorded and watched every moment of the day was more hilarious than upsetting.