There is a moment of silence as Crane's comments hang in the air. Giri is waiting for Piripiri to answer, she doesn't entirely understand how politic they should be here and is choosing not to direct the situation. But she feels a tug at the leash, prodding her to respond. Perhaps she's the only one with the full context.

Still, what was she supposed to say here? That she had seen Han transform, that the vaunted Vermilion Beast was Crane's younger sister? That hardly seemed Giriel's secret to give out. And as for Zhaojun, if Giri had heard these comments yesterday, she'd have vociferously agreed and started plotting how to catch the damned spirit! But now she wasn't so sure. It seemed like she needed something different than simply being caught and bound, there was so much pain and desperation that Giri had glanced in her heart. 

Well, she was prompted to speak, so she might as well speak. "I know...something of both the Vermilion Beast and the heavenly spirit that you speak of. I think that..." Giri stops and takes a sip of her tea, not sure how to finish the sentence. "I am certain that both were present at Kingeater Castle, where my companion and I also recently traveled. And that both of them, in their way, helped us fight against the demons threatening our realm."

Giri lets that hang there, stating it as a fact. Who knows what Sagacious Crane has or hasn't heard. Whether she considers Giri a reliable source, whether she wants so much to believe that demon attacks are nothing but rumors from superstitious farmers that she'll delude herself. Or perhaps whether she'll simply accept the truth of it from Giriel and move forward. 

Regardless, she continues with her momentum. "I think it difficult, even for a skilled priestess such as yourself, to truly judge who is a brute or a thug. I have found myself surprised several times in recent days. And I think with things as they are," here Giri spares the briefest glance for Piripiri that yes she means the incursions of the Dominion as much as the demons, "I think a bit of brutishness is the least of our problems."

Giri sips her tea and waits to see what Sagacious Crane has to say. She didn't share their errand of course. She's the bound one here, that's Piripiri's job if the goal here is simply to interrogate everyone they meet. Giri's more interested in the bigger picture.