[ What if he's an old geezer at heart. Okuni would be fine placing her trust in him, maybe, but that confident smile of his gets startled off his face when she nudges him. She's drop dead gorgeous but also Way Too Close. ]

I draw a boundary line, and akayashi aren't able to cross it.

[ Something like that is better shown than explained, so he doesn't bother with it just now and blurts out the question he had in mind when Okuni first spoke to him. ]

But that reminds me, if you can see me, what are you? A god, a spirit, or a demon?