She lost her elegance the moment she protested.

Teasers really get a kick out of Akatsuki.

No pain, no gain indeed.

Got to thinking at work, bad idea I know. What if the ship possession doesn't just halt aging but can reverse or accelerate it. Kongo, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna, Nagato, and Mutsu have all been shown pre possession when they were just candidates around 8 or 9 years old. What if they weren't much older than that when the possession gave them full adult bodies.

Poor kid: her ladylikeness will restore pretty quickly.

... She had something to lose? I thought she lost her Lady cred the moment the cafe gave her hot milk instead of tea or coffee and she accepted it.

The hardest choices require the strongest wills.