Joss certainly perks up at the enticement of candy. Empty calories and a sugar jolt appeal to every dead/undead vampire child shinki.

"Best to make it Hakkai's, then," he says, thinking out loud. "The room is smaller than Nari's, but I believe Hakkai is rather more accustomed to hearing random spells and explosions coming from his temple than Nari is."

Not that he's anticipating an explosion, but still. He really is that bad at magic.