I've been dodging. You don't have the kid with you, do you?

[The ayakashi isn't really being held at bay by Axel's wall, even though he maintains it. It sways forward, spindly legs piercing the flames as it hauls its pendulous body over.]

Oh, shit. [Keeping that fire up takes too much out of him when it's not doing any good; Axel drops it and dodges to the side, scrabbling hastily for pebbles at the side of the road.]

I heard these things only really go down if you've got a shinki in their other form.