Add nods in quiet agreement... although, neither of them should probably be going back to that orphanage any time soon. He'll consider it an extension of the prayer to make sure the kids find good homes. The ayakashi was getting in the way of that, after all.

He can't think of anything else to say, so he leaves it at that. They eventually reach the end of the portal, falling out into... well, a very similar space, really, except more blue and full of the usual giant cubes. Now there's just one last thing to take care of...

"You go on ahead. I need to check on something." As if that isn't the laziest lie in the world, but he needs to find an illusion with water he can clean off his blight with. Better not to bring Jakob with him in case he notices and starts fussing.