Dozens are easier than two. They don't feel the need to compete with each other as much, and it's much less intimate.

[Having your own army of humans and having an army of shinki are two different things, but she can see some similarities. All the same, she's deliberately avoided taking too many on so far. Maybe she should consider the opposite approach and name ten shinki at once... No, that sounds like too much work.

Sharak looks at Yuri out of the corner of her eye, the subtle change in her expression saying more than words ever could.] Hakkai is a good person, mostly.

[Mostly. He hurts people less often than she suspects he'd like to, is kind and loyal to his friends and not overly unkind to strangers. There are worse people, if you ignore certain Incidents.]