There's a silence from the young sali that Ryo doesn't quite know how to parse, but he is grateful for Jingyi's arrival, even if it means bringing the older, decidedly not peaceful sali with him.

Slightly less reassuring is when said older sali abruptly goes limp, and a moment later a presence forces itself into his mind. If speaking with the Forever One on the central island had felt like a needle slid under his skin, then talking with this one is akin to getting stabbed by that same needle. There will be no gentle feelings of care and concern from this one, will there.

He glances sidelong at Jingyi - he's not the only one who feels that, right? - and starts moving in the direction he's being pulled - a direction that matches where his Sense tells him the Forever One is. "We should get moving. I don't think they'll like it if we make them wait."