Sinthia's face had been shifting into progressively deeper shades of disbelief, until Akito mentions that people will take her more seriously if she wears these shoes. Because that is something she's been trying to achieve since she got here, and it's effectively the magic words to use to guarantee her interest in basically anything.

"I have to get these shoes," she says seriously. Not because they'll make her look any different, but because the possibility of no longer getting looked at as a silly child is incredibly enticing.