Shu didn’t know what he was supposed to do. If he was supposed to try and be brave then he was going to have to throw himself into battle and risk everything just so he could show he was brave. He couldn’t change who he was that easily, but everybody wanted him to change for the good of everybody who fought alongside him. What if he changed and hurt someone? It was even worse when there was the immediate thought that he would possibly never be able to turn back one day. It made him worried and scared of himself, but he didn’t know how to express those worries properly to the others which probably made it even worse. They probably wouldn’t be able to understand anyway, they just ignored the problem and probably blamed it on his inability to fight properly. Maybe it was all of those factors and he was just trying to make it seem that he was just being underestimated, that he was definitely a coward and not worth more than that. He was feeling downright awful now, his confidence that he could be brave being near zero. Sighing lightly he looked up a little and around, seeing the others looking fairly okay but no portal in sight. “I-I no really look for those things…” he muttered, continuing his staring down the battlefield, “Maybe…maybe more…but Mister Viral, Miss Yumi and their friends…”

T’charrl hoped his energy was going to keep stable, at least until the warning phase was over. He always had a time after using his energy where he could feel if he was about to lose control and change into a monster, so he had to be careful about that. Even if it appeared small it was still a high concentration of energy since he couldn’t risk accidentally healing it or giving it energy instead. He had to make sure to overload it, but thankfully for now he wasn’t feeling too much of a disturbance for now. Feeling the need to bring up the fact that his race weren’t particularly strong as a reminder to Haku he frowned when Haku still seemed to assume that he was well equipped to take them out normally. “Those things didn’t care for wounds, even as I cut into them. I can fly fast, but that’s best for retreating…” he spoke before he sighed, “Those people probably had a lot of Ki behind them, but I can’t use Ki against these monsters all the time. My own power is effective against them, but then I would need to use it…unless I should use it. I could just try to embrace it, but then what would I become…probably no better than my people in the past…”

Viral knew he had to focus, he couldn’t lose it in the middle of battle. Unless he wanted to lose he was going to have to try and kill these creatures off and get back to Yumi to help her. He also had to help the other Beastmen if they ran into further trouble with those things, even if they appeared to be fine. Trying to hold off the beast he couldn’t help but think of his time as a commander, how it was his duty to make sure everyone was coordinated and protected, but this was just making him feel like everything was falling out of control and making him feel completely incompetent. He couldn’t let them fall, he had worked so hard to keep everything under control until now. Growling in anger he forced his way out of the hold in time to stop the other from ramming its beak into Enki’s face, pushing it back before throwing it down to the side as he immediately had to turn around and throw a punch at the other creature. He was on an absolute full lockdown between the pair, the fight turning into a brawl between beast and machine. He had to keep up with them, he needed to find some way to get them to back off so he could use his swords. Trying to toss them both back as much as he could he moved to take them away from its friend and Yumi’s own battle, his Enki taking several hits in return with one coming close to tearing one of Enki’s eyes out. “You think you have me just because you dare double-team me?? I’ll tear you both apart!!”