[Ryoma thinks--while walking away would certainly be so much easier, it would also be disappointing the follower they're trying to help... and Ryoma himself has never been one to truly back down once he's committed to a cause. Step back, reevaluate, and launch a new plan of attack, certainly, but just to give up? Unthinkable.

... and then Kaden makes a suggestion which is, on one hand, incredibly undignified, but on the other... just crazy enough it might work. Ryoma's eyes open as he looked up to Kaden, studying the kitsune for a long moment as he weighed his pride over completing the task he'd been charged with.

The task, of course, wins out.]

That... may be just enough to work. We'd certainly be hard to miss from a great distance--though are you certain it's best with you on my shoulders?

[Not that it's not going to look ridiculous stacking two grown-ass men on top of each other anyway, but... Ryoma can delay the somewhat inevitable for at least a minute or two, right?]