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Braided Song
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The way I saw it was less like a romance, and more like a prisoner building a connection with her interrogator, tempting her with useful information so she keeps coming back to talk, while using the opportunity to to have conversations about her philosophy with the goal of convincing Nanako to see things from her point of view. The effect is that Nanako uses the Priestess as an excuse to work out her frustrations from her training, while secretly becoming curious about her exotic pain cult, but trying to interpret their teachings in a more positive direction than the Sisterhood did while still remaining loyal to Akane and the Princess.
Akane is suspicious about this because, while Nanako is becoming much better at self-discipline, she is also becoming increasingly interested in both inflicting and receiving pain. Nanako assures her that she's only trying to interrogate the Priestess for information, while keeping the exact details of their meetings secret to avoid worrying Akane, and refusing to admit even to herself that there might be anything romantic about her feelings.
Also I think she'll eventually rename herself Hanako (after "hana", for "flower") after reaching an important milestone in her training, to represent something more personal than being "prisoner number 68", and to minimize the confusion between her name and Naomi.
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