[A little of the tension in Hakkai's posture eases, too, at that admission. How had Gojyo managed it, with three of his friends as other people's shinki? Hakkai's failing badly enough to handle one. He's glad it's not two.
He's glad Sanzo's alive, although 'alive' is a debatable category for gods as much as for shinki.
Alive, he thinks, looking at the man again, and....
A pin-scratch of a line appears between his eyebrows as he considers Sanzo.]
... Well, the Heavens' judgment is questionable at the best of times.
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[A little of the tension in Hakkai's posture eases, too, at that admission. How had Gojyo managed it, with three of his friends as other people's shinki? Hakkai's failing badly enough to handle one. He's glad it's not two.
He's glad Sanzo's alive, although 'alive' is a debatable category for gods as much as for shinki.
Alive, he thinks, looking at the man again, and....
A pin-scratch of a line appears between his eyebrows as he considers Sanzo.]
... Well, the Heavens' judgment is questionable at the best of times.
Are you just sitting here to enjoy the show?
[Or has he been hurt?]