*The bamboo doesn't respond. In fact even the sensation of being watched seems to be fading for the girl as she approaches it.*
Continuity is for fiction anyway. Reality is always the odder of the two. Alright then, Jasmischa it is.
*Above the entrance to the park another ninja, this one wearing day-glo purple and yet somehow remaining unnoticed, observes the two Mischas.* ((Perhaps he has similar training to the ninja in that one Shadow Hearts game, yes?))