Hmmm... but the man had said he'd caught sight of some kind of "beast" in his prayer, didn't he? I suppose if it was dark out and he was a great enough distance away, his eyes might have been playing tricks on him.

[Naoto shakes her head, tucking these thoughts and questions away for later. For now, Kanji's right. First, they need to reassure the farmer. Then, they could worry about tracking down the culprit.]

Yes, it did sound that way from the tone of his prayer. How do you think we might go about rebuilding his confidence?