[gives a little hiss as Taisan clasps his shoulders. Mind those talons, yeesh. He's pretty sure that when Seimei said safe he also meant un-punctured.]

All right, so last time around the creatures started closing in on the core. We need to get it back to the Bastion, preferably with someone who can outrun or outfight the monsters. It's doable.

[glancing behind at Taisan] ...are you saying the charms were completely useless? Or just partially? [Time to think, Kaoru. Think.]This little one can hold his breath, and I can defend myself if necessary [albeit in thirty second bursts] If they're not too far in, we might have some time to grab them and bring them back.

But I'm not waiting around much longer for a decision to be made on this. [because now he is this close to just running in, caution be damned]