Kuroaki nodded at the youkai girl. As always, it was difficult to imagine her being part of The Great War. She'd experienced all that chaos and destruction, terror and bloodlust, then been taken away and imprisoned believing she would be viciously killed next. And she'd still turned out like this? Well, he didn't know what she went through emotionally when she was alone or with friends.... Shinrai had been through the war too and lost her brother--or so she thought--and actually passed out at one point from being overwhelmed. She seemed lovely and put-together too, to most people. But he had been there for her various breakdowns over the years. So he often wondered about these youkai prisoners, like Shizuka, who seemed so calm. What was really going on inside them? He knew Shizuka to be a pleasant creature, though, in any case. And he was sorry that assisting his people ostracized her from her own. 

"Very good," he replied. Then he shrugged slightly. "It was worse than expected but not that bad." Especially since it was shorter than expected as well. 

"Are you..." he wondered belatedly if he should even ask, but did anyway. "How are you feeling to be back in Japan?" He was nervous, he supposed. There was every chance that his plan to "save" these youkai would get him and his own people killed somehow. He needed to understand their point of views so he could stay on his toes. Shinrai would want him to trust them, let them stick to their word. They'd made a deal with him after all. But he couldn't be sure they didn't have ulterior motives. At least some of them. He didn't think Shizuka had ulterior motives. But some of what she was feeling might be shared by the others. So he wanted to know in any case.