[When isn't Kashuu hiding an ugly tangle of feelings... That's just his perpetual state of existence that he's had to come to terms with.

Though in this moment, it's a little bit easier for him to push those feelings aside just because there are so many other things to focus on. Like CERES! And how mad he is at them!! He wants his space, okay. He wants to be able to do a quick check to make sure Okita is still standing and then book it in the other direction to collect himself for a while. Instead, he's confronted with the fact that Okita went home for god knows how long, stepped who knows how many paces closer to his own death, and now there's no time or space or room to do anything but attempt to move forward. Kashuu is good at that, but even he needs his breathers sometimes.]

Geez... Just stay crouched down a little like this. [Like him!! He sure isn't trying to stand up straight, nope.] It's probably easier to balance, y'know? Anyway, we can probably just—

[He was going to say roll the ball back to shore somehow, BUT WOW. Between getting dumped inside and now, they sure have drifted pretty far away from the beach?!]

Eh— Hey! They're not just gonna set people out into the ocean, are they?!

[IT'S CERES, OF COURSE THEY ARE.]