"Heart still beating?"
She had a pastime of talking to herself in the mirror, but talking with her various doubles was always more fun than talking with an image.
(Even more fun when it ended bloody; she knew that anyone under the name Ragyo Kiryuin ought to appreciate that much.)
"Or maybe you’d rather hear about the people I’ve killed lately? How my daughters are doing? World domination, and suchsuch."
♕ - Not a pleasant shock. Looks like she wouldn’t be able to say “Not a bad day, not a bad day at all” at the end of the day, and looks like her daughters wouldn’t ask her in contradiction, “Is there ever a bad day, mom?"
It was tea time, and despite her shock, the Director had enough sense to offer her some tea. Pouring some tea in an empty cup, she pushed it gently, making it slide towards the position across her on the teak table of her office.
❝ …I won’t like it, but if you insist, you might as well have some tea.❞