[Leaving someone like him alone, ever, is usually just begging for disaster or trouble or something strange to happen in short order, but in the grand scheme of things this one's almost ordinary.

Almost.

That's probably why Shinki are so necessary. Sure, keeping ayakashi down was important but so was keeping Gods from causing too much trouble.

It's right when he gets ahold of the nasty slippery thing that Wendy speaks up, and it's a testament to how much focus he has on his task and NOT his surroundings that this startles him enough where he jumps a little - a bad idea on an overturned trashcan given it wobbles dangerously and he has to scramble with sudden desperation to NOT lose his eel OR fall off his perch. Which leaves him clinging to the side of the tank, momentarily wild-eyed.

After a moment he reorganizes himself, and the captured eel, with remarkably quickly recovered dignity.]

Removing them and putting them somewhere they can't cause harm! Rubber's a good insulator. I couldn't do much about the ayakashi on my own, so I ... decided to do something about the part I could handle.

[It sounds almost like an excuse. With the exact tone someone might take if they're uncertain they're about to get yelled at.]