[It's reflexive: his posture stiffens when she reaches out to hold him, and he's tense in her arms. The best and worst part of every Okita so far is how familiar their hands are, honestly; it takes him right back to those days before he had broken and been summoned anew.

BUT GOOD, A DISTRACTION. Kashuu can handle this topic much better! He's well-versed in the art of "why are there so many Soujis here, dammit" by now.]

Yeah. There are people here from all kinds of worlds, and even different versions of the same worlds, see? I guess CERES just really likes you guys for some reason.

[They're out for his blood, maybe. Or for the infected blood of every Okita.]