>>"What do you say, Utena?" she asked, sounding strangely casual. "Want to be a
>>good girl and do as you're told for once in your life?"
>
>Yeah, I don't really see that-
>
>>and punched the man nearest to her so hard in the face that she left a
>>permanent impression of her rose seal on his jaw.
>
>Called it.

Honestly, I'm more surprised the rest of the room heard the question and kept a straight face.

My personal take is the Garnet is an accidental acquisition and Annabelle was the primary target. I can imagine Akio would have lot of options open to him with a child of his blood, let alone one with the blood of the gods as well. None of said options would be good for the child.