At first, I thought it'd wear off on its own. After a while...it didn't. And I was left to question what he'd do to my shinki if I let him go, and what's going to curb his tendency to use his strength to take out his moods on those who aren't equipped to fight back.

[And flat as his tone is, there's an edge of carefully subdued frustration there]

He beat one of my shinki half to death. He threw another out a window.