Pilar starts to snap at Ione not to do that, then stops with a feeling of odd disorientation as she realizes that... hearing that wasn't as wrong-feeling as it should've been, on Pilar's model of Pilar?

She follows Ione around the City of Brass instead.

Thinking.

She doesn't ask why Snack Service is being so quiet, in case it answers.  It's nice, to be alone in her head for a time.

Pilar starts to snap at Ione not to do that, then stops with a feeling of odd disorientation as she realizes that... being called 'mistress' wasn't as wrong-feeling as it should've been, on Pilar's model of Pilar?

She follows Ione around the City of Brass instead.

Thinking.

She doesn't ask why Snack Service is being so quiet, in case it answers.  It's nice, to be alone in her head for a time.