[ Gojyo takes another few seconds to bask in Hakkai's approval, pretending to examine the blade of his staff... but Hakkai's hurt, and standing around patting himself on the back isn't going to get him down the hill to the doctor any faster. He readjusts his grip on the thing, and goes back to hacking at the braches -- without shooting the blade off, thanks. He'll experiment with that feature later. ]

Easier to control her that way, right? Tell her everyone's against her, keep her hidden... She wouldn't tell me why you all got kidnapped. I got the feeling she didn't know.