It's much better that you didn't, Sanzang, I was a terrible shinki.

[Hooking up with Genjo must have been more than enough trouble for her without adding Hakkai to the mix.

He's keeping pace with her, moving as swiftly as he can manage while still being careful of the girls in his arms.]

Chikusa and Ken are-- [His gaze goes distant for a moment, and his head turns as though drawn by a magnet, south and west.] -- at the edge of the blight that way, I think. Working hard.

[He's feeling urgency from them, but no distress.]