[ It remains perfectly still. Its tail slowly swishes back and forth, but it seems like it's not going to move, not without Trahearne's command. ]

Life is precious. [ He says this with a smile, hilariously disarming compared to the literal death magic around him. ] It would be near blasphemous to use a living thing, when residual energy is all around us.

[ He senses Gaku's alarm and offers a reassuring smile. ]

It's all right. It won't hurt you.