[Kurama catches that curious look, too, and now that they're not fighting, it sticks and catches. Akira has seen him use his whip plenty of times by now... His Akira has, anyway...

Oh.

Oh.

He swallows back the sharp stab of pain and focuses on sounding normal.]

It's definitely unpleasant to be out in, but I might not be the only person that was dropped in this place with an unfriendly companion.