[A little bit of column A, a little bit of column B.......... Matoba's aura was rife with its own red flags, the dryness and scathing heat of purification, the chilling cut his hatred for ayakashi chief among them. But it and his biases warred with each other.]
[Never is that more apparent than when Kai decides to make the first overtures. Disappearing is abrupt and alarms Matoba initially, raising a sudden and equally alarming spike of his spiritual energy: mistrust, deep and fully rooted in him, is the first instinct. An ayakashi thinking his guard down, and ready to strike. No sooner does Kai climb himself up on the cushy arm of Matoba's comfychair than the exorcist, breath held and at the ready to cast a repelling spell, stares down at gleaming feline eyes with his own hardened and opaque against a perceived threat that never comes.]
[A long moment of silence and an uneasy release comes to that kneejerk aura. It peters out like warm wind, enough to tousle Kai's long fur. He doesn't reach out, not yet, fists balled in his lap. He's still eying the ayakashi as though trying to perceive his intentions, and it takes him a long moment to answer.]
Because I enjoy watching them.
[From afar.... like everything else. He frowns at Kai for another moment.] What are you doing? I'm sure they will see right through you, too.
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[Never is that more apparent than when Kai decides to make the first overtures. Disappearing is abrupt and alarms Matoba initially, raising a sudden and equally alarming spike of his spiritual energy: mistrust, deep and fully rooted in him, is the first instinct. An ayakashi thinking his guard down, and ready to strike. No sooner does Kai climb himself up on the cushy arm of Matoba's comfychair than the exorcist, breath held and at the ready to cast a repelling spell, stares down at gleaming feline eyes with his own hardened and opaque against a perceived threat that never comes.]
[A long moment of silence and an uneasy release comes to that kneejerk aura. It peters out like warm wind, enough to tousle Kai's long fur. He doesn't reach out, not yet, fists balled in his lap. He's still eying the ayakashi as though trying to perceive his intentions, and it takes him a long moment to answer.]
Because I enjoy watching them.
[From afar.... like everything else. He frowns at Kai for another moment.] What are you doing? I'm sure they will see right through you, too.