[ Witches literally exploding? Briefly, the image of Akechi blowing up fills his mind, and... hm. He can't figure out how that makes him feel. At one point, death wasn't the worst thing he could imagine for an enemy, but is Goro Akechi really and truly a full-on enemy?

Mmmm... Thoughts for another time, maybe. ]

... Doesn't sound too far from what distorted cognition could cause, yeah. [ a sigh ] Monstrous instincts, though - we could say those might apply to any species, right? Even humans.

[ AKA he doesn't like that word being used to strictly describe an inhuman. ]