[An 'oof' of air is punched out of him, but no register of pain still even though he's no longer quite curled up. What's more registering is... ]
[People and their emotions have always been a little tricky, at least to him. They're too intense, complex, something he doesn't think he's ever experienced or ever will. When he finds those who make sense to him even in a simple way, like Sanada's loyalty to his own new god... He finds himself turning towards them automatically for even a little bit of relief or something that he can understand.]
[Ken's anger, a smokescreen to his true emotions, is something Chikusa can't entirely understand, but.... Something about his words, instead, clicks. Needing to be needed...]
[His tongue flicks out, wetting his lips, and he doesn't look away from Ken.]
...He only needs good shinki. So you need to be good.
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[People and their emotions have always been a little tricky, at least to him. They're too intense, complex, something he doesn't think he's ever experienced or ever will. When he finds those who make sense to him even in a simple way, like Sanada's loyalty to his own new god... He finds himself turning towards them automatically for even a little bit of relief or something that he can understand.]
[Ken's anger, a smokescreen to his true emotions, is something Chikusa can't entirely understand, but.... Something about his words, instead, clicks. Needing to be needed...]
[His tongue flicks out, wetting his lips, and he doesn't look away from Ken.]
...He only needs good shinki. So you need to be good.