She was making delicious word salad precisely to avoid that reaction. Akiha glances around wildly, then leans in and makes a shushing notion, shaking her head.

"Yazawa, we don't need everyone for five prefectures to know!" Akiha urges, then pauses as she realizes that was something like an admittance of guilt. 'Guilt.' Akiha has some issues.

"-- Rather, we don't need them to know that I am unsure about that. It's complicated."