The lack of casualties is a feat I'm not sure could be accomplished by many. I have questions about such rapid preparations for potential drowning victims, but there is no time for thorough interrogation.

[ Hijikata sees it as too good to be true, and Riou is in a similar state of mind, with a less trusting penchant toward paranoia. He's the kind of man who booby traps his own campsite, after all, and has captured his own leader on more than one occasion because of his thoroughness. The idea that they were practiced at taking away the breath and forms of land creatures was unnerving. ]

We should mark and return to this location at a more opportune time. I'll accompany you on your round.