[Little does he know that she's in the same boat, but she nods anyway. It's a hard thing to deny when you're a shinki and you literally change shape for your god.]

Something supernatural like... one of those ayakashi they have told us about? I have never seen one.

[She actually smirks a little at that, for how serious the situation is. She made a joke at her own expense.]

Perhaps one of the girls is responsible?