[ Minato had started backing up at the bird's approach, so he isn't entirely taken off-balance when Eiichi pulls him backwards out of its range. The "konpeito" pings off the heron yokai's head, and there's a flurry as the birds ignore them in the scramble to get it. ]
[ In the lull, he turns to the other two, initially in protest at Jack's words -- he certainly doesn't miss the knives they have handy: ]
We don't need to fight them, just... get them off the road? They're being a nuisance, not a thre--
[ Then he brings up short at the all-too-familiar expressions of 1. Eiichi being... Eiichi, and 2. someone already visibly done with his friend. Even though he's sure he knows the answer: ]
no subject
[ In the lull, he turns to the other two, initially in protest at Jack's words -- he certainly doesn't miss the knives they have handy: ]
We don't need to fight them, just... get them off the road? They're being a nuisance, not a thre--
[ Then he brings up short at the all-too-familiar expressions of 1. Eiichi being... Eiichi, and 2. someone already visibly done with his friend. Even though he's sure he knows the answer: ]
... Have you two met?