What do you mean? [ Subaru's tone gentles, even if urgency surges in its undertow. ] You're not safe here either.

[ Carefully, his gaze dips to the space beside him. Empty but charged. He's feeling the weight of a presence even if it's only defined by Soleum's focus on it. Though he doesn't have his onmyoudo, his keen senses are buzzing, static bright like a livewire. His expression creases as he tries to focus on it. The cat is more corporeal even if made of the same shadow-stuff, apparitions given shape by — guiding others out? It must be. That's where these faces that he wears intersect, every time.

Knelt at his side, the puddle continues to grow. It's not so dissimilar from Megumi's shadows... but even a sorcerer of his caliber struggled to keep them in a cohesive form. Can he do it? Or will he have to follow the order of this place? ]

Your magic is going to come apart like this. Someone is... speaking to you, right? What is it saying?

[ He'd felt it prickle on the back of his neck like he was being hunted too. Delving into the void only made it worsen. ]