Koishi listened quietly, frowning, her expression changing subtly as he transitioned between his various thoughts and emotions. She did not know what he was thinking. Only what he was feeling and the deeper associations to go with it. She could guess what he was thinking though. "Years of pain and hardship have made her grow cold and strong. She does what she has to, unflinchingly." Ted was very easy to read. "She was scared for herself but she was most scared for me."
Though at Ted's comment her expression fell a little more. She didn't look angry or ashamed. Just sad. "Die? Do you really have so little faith in my sister's fortitude that you think that a place like a sub archway will kill her? You were the one who decided to call her strength. She's not a perfect being, but I know that she has weathered more dangerous deceptions than this. Far more dangerous. Humans who bait traps for youkai with a seductive siren song of worship and a banquet of power. Before they know it the youkai is chained down and humans are forcing it to change. Pacifying it and letting it dissolve, effectively killing it, or forcing it to become a kami."
"Anything that she can't see coming, I surely will. My perspective is different, after all."
Her third eye nudged his shoulder firmly enough to set him slightly off balance. Though it was more playful than anything else. "Have more faith in us Ted. If you need to worry about someone and try to save them, save the people who lack the power or imagination to weather the storm. Or at least start with the creatures with souls and not the immortals."
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Though at Ted's comment her expression fell a little more. She didn't look angry or ashamed. Just sad. "Die? Do you really have so little faith in my sister's fortitude that you think that a place like a sub archway will kill her? You were the one who decided to call her strength. She's not a perfect being, but I know that she has weathered more dangerous deceptions than this. Far more dangerous. Humans who bait traps for youkai with a seductive siren song of worship and a banquet of power. Before they know it the youkai is chained down and humans are forcing it to change. Pacifying it and letting it dissolve, effectively killing it, or forcing it to become a kami."
"Anything that she can't see coming, I surely will. My perspective is different, after all."
Her third eye nudged his shoulder firmly enough to set him slightly off balance. Though it was more playful than anything else. "Have more faith in us Ted. If you need to worry about someone and try to save them, save the people who lack the power or imagination to weather the storm. Or at least start with the creatures with souls and not the immortals."