"I haven't had much choice but to think lately," Shun replies, a faint hiss coming through his teeth at the admission. For better or worse, the recent losses have given him a push. It's just lucky that push ended up meting out to finally hammering it home that not everyone he's lost wants him to suffer under the weight of sin and responsibility on their behalf.

At the parting remark, he inclines his head and switches back to speaking. "You too. Though it's looking more and more like we won't need it."

Things are going fairly well so far. In any case, Shun heads off to check the pairings for the upcoming round.