[ There's a brief burst of surprise at the comment, a trickle of which makes it way through the communion channel. It's not that he sees Makoto as heartless but the Kenoma as a whole tend to be a mistrustful bunch, placing their own personal needs above those of others. Most people don't tend to ask after him.

But he answers quickly enough, tone still brisk. ]

I have a few injuries from previous altercations but nothing serious. [ ..... ] Though I still can't see.

[ No point in hiding it, when he'd reported as much to various others. Overall, his condition is less than stellar in many ways, but there's no time now to troubleshoot solutions to his (many) problems. Later, when they return to Achamoth.

Surprising that Makoto came out of all this largely unscathed though. ]

The [ what are they even calling this thing ] creature really didn't do anything to you other than knock you unconscious?