The interruption to the battle along with the sudden drop in temperature made Shiranui realise he had been getting as riled up as Chuck was when the latter had not been listening to reason.  He performed the [i]kuji-kiri[/i] to calm himself down although it had barely worked as he was on the verge of breaking down before he felt a consoling paw on his shoulder compliments of Zoro.  "Thank you, Elisa, I needed that," he said.