“Erin, be careful where you ignite your fire. Lead them back toward the opening and make sure nothing goes into the forest area” Asato reminded the older who had a sinister grin on his face. The worst thing about Erin being like this was his inability to actually reply back.
While the support was much appreciated, the lack of communication ability was not something that Asato liked to face often enough. It got distracting pretty fast.
And it also made him reliant on Erin actually following through with his instructions since there was no verbal response.
Asato trusted Erin, but not to mess up this balance if he felt like it. His senses in this state were topsy turvy, even for himself. Erin had told him that he never remembered anything that happened when he was like this.
So this was p
