[ xie lian is also feeling shitty!! actually, he's breathing kind of hard? they're in the arena. it's fine.

xie lian looks at them as rin starts his 'prayer', and then back to rin for a long moment. ]

... If it helps - there is darkness in my heart that laughs the same. Little demonic energy is required.

[ instead, that laugh sounds like the white no face. ]

But... I have found physical activity tends to clear the mind. [ and... his gaze shifts to their left, where there is just

a fucking line of destroyed sparring dummies.

oops. ]