It was relative little encouragement, but Yumi would take what she could get. Viral was still very much not with her and not optimistic, that was going to take a lot more work to accomplish. At least now he wasn't talking about himself dying, albeit that didn't mean he wasn't thinking it. Smiling gratefully she gave his cheek a gentle pat, holding her hand against it perhaps a moment too long before she finally let it fall back down to her side. "I never said I don't want you fighting, I just don't want you fighting alone," Yumi pointed out gently, turning to look back at the valley. It was a bit of a walk on foot, though maybe they didn't have to walk. It would depend on how agreeable her friend was right now as to how quickly they would get to this mountain and the god's abode. "Want me to fly us there Viral? Or we can walk, whatever you want to do."

"Named his weapons...? That's kind of cool, I guess," Takeshi remarked. He couldn't imagine giving his sword a name, not that he'd even know where to begin. That just seemed odd, a little too personal maybe. A sword was just a sword after all, right? Smiling at Shu while he hurried off into the den the older boy moved away from the entrance a bit, holding his sword down as he dragged the tip over the blades of grass idly. Just before the edge of the grass did he stop, looking out over it all as if expecting to see some movement out there. "T'charrl, any chance you want to get up in the air and look around? Maybe see if you can spot them?" Takeshi asked, turning back and walking over to the entrance again. "Or we can just play the waiting game, whatever works."