[has a sip of his water before speaking] No, let's stay away from ladders. No one's in any condition to be doing any of that, and besides, the Kirin statue doesn't sound right. There are other "beasts" around, and we can't limit ourselves to just the statues either.

[but he smiles a bit wearily at that last part] Now that's where I agree with you. Can't be more obvious than "guardian of the sea". Just how Resarci and his team missed that, I don't know.


[ooc: Just as a heads-up, we'll go Fuu-->the Doctor or Sophie-->Fuu, etc, so we can keep the three of them in the same train of thought, so to speak.]