[ He's nodding along -- Norimune's Cain's superior, after all, and the man had been pretty affable in Minato's own meeting with him -- but his chin jerks up at the mention of Cain's meeting. ]

You actually--? After that public address, I assumed he wouldn't be talking with anyone.

[ While he isn't like his friend Tama (who's made his opinion of the king of hell very loud and clear), the news that Lord Enma was deigning to talk to any mere Lost Soul is genuinely a surprise to Minato. ]

[ Also. "Profane"? ] Well... I can tell you what I know of the mythology. They're a god of soil, who came into being when the goddess Izanami was dying in childbirth. They're one of many deities who were 'born' from her agonies. Sometimes Haniyasu is a single being, sometimes they're a pair, male and female... But I don't know any stories of them doing anything like what they did.

[ He rubs his forehead. ] If their malice isn't inherent to their myth, I can only assume it's from some personal grievance they have with Lord Enma. [ Who isn't even in the same mythos! >:\ ] Did he mention anything like that? What else did he say?