Hm? [ The slightly embarrassing truth here is that he only took a guess because he's seen those talisman things in weird foreign action movies -- cheesy films where exorcists spend 120 minutes kicking demon ass with mediocre CG and bad scripts. He really likes those sorts of movies, after all.
And also, he kinda, uh doesn't actually believe in this stuff? In ghosts and spiritual things? So when Natori says something about being hired to solve 'all of this,' Jion looks politely confused. ]
... all of this?
[ A puzzled cant of the head as he straightens up. ]
You mean the, uh, all the pumpkins? Or ... people ending up here? That's kinda ... [ 'Doesn't seem like something exorcists can do anything about,' he wants to say. But maybe that's rude? He flounders visibly for a moment before course correcting, gesturing awkwardly to try and cover up how weirded out he is by this conversation. ] I mean, I thought exorcists deal with, like, people who start acting funny? And haunted locations? Maybe I have the wrong impression ... ?
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And also, he kinda, uh doesn't actually believe in this stuff? In ghosts and spiritual things? So when Natori says something about being hired to solve 'all of this,' Jion looks politely confused. ]
... all of this?
[ A puzzled cant of the head as he straightens up. ]
You mean the, uh, all the pumpkins? Or ... people ending up here? That's kinda ... [ 'Doesn't seem like something exorcists can do anything about,' he wants to say. But maybe that's rude? He flounders visibly for a moment before course correcting, gesturing awkwardly to try and cover up how weirded out he is by this conversation. ] I mean, I thought exorcists deal with, like, people who start acting funny? And haunted locations? Maybe I have the wrong impression ... ?