Mm. So we could be feeding it instead of fighting against it, if we had access to those that we normally do.
[The fact that Vangeance has put that much thought into breaking it says a lot, Natori thinks-- that and the way he phrases it. "What's been done to us." Maybe it's because Natori is used to coming across barriers that block his shiki, whether visiting other exorcists or coming across a particularly well-warded property; it's something that irritates him, being cut off from them, but it's not something he thinks of as being done to him rather than to the island itself. What Vangeance is describing sounds a lot more like... meddling with some part of him.
(He can feel exactly where the lizard sits on his face as he takes his next sip of tea. He got rid of the note a long time ago, but he still remembers exactly what it said. If you'd like us to get rid of it, we can.)]
They have a habit of sticking their noses where they don't belong, don't they? The people in charge of this place. [It's light, almost inconsequential, except for that they're talking about their uncomfortably well-informed captors interfering in something deeply personal, and how serious his eyes look.] That said, I don't like the idea of simply taking their word for it. They say there's a good reason; they also claim that they've brought children here for their own good. It could very well be that there's something about my shiki and your companion that are dangerous to the people in charge, rather than to the other residents.
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[The fact that Vangeance has put that much thought into breaking it says a lot, Natori thinks-- that and the way he phrases it. "What's been done to us." Maybe it's because Natori is used to coming across barriers that block his shiki, whether visiting other exorcists or coming across a particularly well-warded property; it's something that irritates him, being cut off from them, but it's not something he thinks of as being done to him rather than to the island itself. What Vangeance is describing sounds a lot more like... meddling with some part of him.
(He can feel exactly where the lizard sits on his face as he takes his next sip of tea. He got rid of the note a long time ago, but he still remembers exactly what it said. If you'd like us to get rid of it, we can.)]
They have a habit of sticking their noses where they don't belong, don't they? The people in charge of this place. [It's light, almost inconsequential, except for that they're talking about their uncomfortably well-informed captors interfering in something deeply personal, and how serious his eyes look.] That said, I don't like the idea of simply taking their word for it. They say there's a good reason; they also claim that they've brought children here for their own good. It could very well be that there's something about my shiki and your companion that are dangerous to the people in charge, rather than to the other residents.