Humans that have forgotten what it is to be human cannot really be called human anymore, now can they?

[Spoken behind Natori's back, without view of his face. Not necessary.]

...But how to describe it...

[The way he trails off is not entirely-- his voice is even, and yet there's a distance to it. Perhaps he doesn't want to remember, entirely. Viewing a thing like that directly was inadvisable, even for a bold Matoba, and there is always a price. But he knew that going into it.]

The resort's "heart" bears a curse, [He says at last, carefully, neutrally,] and that curse is "the house".