[ Huh. That's different. For a moment, he tenses, preparing to fight an entirely new enemy - but the eye vanishes along with its shadow into the zipper. Were it a regular, corporeal person, it might have dropped into the floor below them; as things stand, he's guessing it simply got sucked down into the darkness. At the very least, it's not trying to drag Sumina down with it anymore, and that's about all he was hoping to accomplish. Once he's confident enough that it's not about to come back, he lowers the two of them back down to the grass again, with the zipper that had previously engulfed the shadow closing up and vanishing as if it hadn't ever been there.
The question seems to catch him somewhat by surprise, stern expression shifting briefly. ]
... Yeah. I wasn't expecting you to be able to see it, [ he replies, setting her on the ground before himself. The arm that had been hanging onto the willow tree zips back up, too, reattaching itself normally to his shoulder, but he hardly pays attention to this; instead, he gives her a once-over. ] Are you hurt?
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The question seems to catch him somewhat by surprise, stern expression shifting briefly. ]
... Yeah. I wasn't expecting you to be able to see it, [ he replies, setting her on the ground before himself. The arm that had been hanging onto the willow tree zips back up, too, reattaching itself normally to his shoulder, but he hardly pays attention to this; instead, he gives her a once-over. ] Are you hurt?