[This is the only thing that brings out this side of him -- the rush of adrenaline, the complete absence of any sort of doubt or hesitation in the face of how natural it feels. His expression doesn't change, doesn't betray the shift in his mood, but his heart beats harder, like it's only just remembered that it's alive.]
[He stands back behind the borderline, staring up at the ayakashi with his intense, blue eyes, keeping a peripheral watch on his goddess.]
My Lady.
[His voice rises above the creature's roar, though he hardly seems to have raised it at all, doesn't seem to have lost even a fragment of his composure. It's not a warning, exactly, so much as a firm request.]
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[He stands back behind the borderline, staring up at the ayakashi with his intense, blue eyes, keeping a peripheral watch on his goddess.]
My Lady.
[His voice rises above the creature's roar, though he hardly seems to have raised it at all, doesn't seem to have lost even a fragment of his composure. It's not a warning, exactly, so much as a firm request.]
[It's time. She needs to call for him.]