Fuan's cries and pleas fell on deaf ears. Enasi didn't bother listening to her. Not after the multitude of times he explained that Seishu was not to be killed. The Balance they were trying to create was chaos. They'd end up hurting everyone because of their foolishness. The only way that could be prevented was if they were removed. The less problems created, the better the harmony would have been. That sounded like it would work. It would save a lot of time rather than scolding and punishing all of them. That sounded like the best option.

 “You-”

Hearing the voice behind him made him whirl around, his grip on the doctor never loosening. He glared, ready to snap at whoever dared to get close. Because his eyes weren’t on Fuan, those tendrils of energy pointed at her. She didn’t dare to move. Seeing Seishu made him pause, his glare turning into a frown. His voice held a sudden sense of familiarity and warmth, but it began to fade soon after. At first, his energy still lashed and his fangs were still bared. [i]’No, they deserve to be punished. They were bad. They are ruining things. They deserve to be removed. . .Don’t they?’[/i] His narrowed eyes turned to Fuan. She was still quaking and pleading, begging him to reconsider. She was. . .afraid. Afraid of him. 

The others watched as realization began to creep onto Enasi’s expression. His gaze pointed to the needle now directed at Fuan and then at his hand, gripping the collar of her hood. Slowly, his eyes widened and the needle shattered at her side. He stepped away from Fuan, tendrils fading as he did. The deer woman slid to the ground and curled up in tears. [i]’Oh no. . . W-What have I done. . .’[/i] He hesitated, thinking to reach out to Fuan and comfort her but he couldn’t. Not after that. 

Harper stared as the guardian broke away from the doctor, the building terror of what could have happened obvious on his face. As if reading his thoughts, Harper spoke. His voice was soft as he didn’t want to startle the guardian more than he already looked. “She’s okay. Just shaken up. You didn’t,” Harper carefully worded his phrase, not wanting to upset Enasi even further. “cause any physical damage. I- we all know you wouldn’t hurt your minions.” He didn’t move from his spot. Harper wanted the guardian to snap out of things, but there was still the chance he could have lashed out. The rabbit’s ears twitched when Enasi started to speak but lost the words to say. “We know you love us all. We trust you.” It was hard to be convincing with five of his minions staring at him in fear. “It’s okay. We were here to rescue Lord Seishu. . . remember?” Harper nodded in Seishu’s direction, making the guardian slowly turn back around. 

“S-Seishu. . ?” Enasi stared at the injured guardian in front of him. Of course he couldn’t steel his resolve about what had just happened. However Enasi refused to make any of the situation about him and his actions. Harper was right. They had come here to rescue Seishu and that’s what they did. If he hadn’t stopped them, things could have been worse.

Enasi closed the distance between them and hugged Seishu as tight as he could, trying to be as gentle as possible as well.. The guardian was in tears before he could even reach Seishu. “I was so worried. I didn’t know what to think. I’m so, so, so sorry. If I knew I would have- I- I didn’t even think to assume my own minions would do something so dangerous, so horrible! I should have paid more attention.” He continued rambling and pouring his heart out. Most of it had been him blaming himself and his worries, especially when he noticed the symbol on his hand fading. He didn’t want to mention that he had slowly started to feel the pain he had, but he was talking faster than he could think. 

Despite not wanting to let Seishu go, he did and began rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand, slowly containing himself again. “We need to get out of here. . .We have to tend to your injuries.” 

“Lord Enasi,” Harper started. When the guardian looked over at him he continued. “what do you want me to do about them?” All five of them were gathered and contained by the two sibling pairs. A sharp pang of guilt hit Enasi as he looked at the five. The idea of his minions losing all trust in him and seeing him as they looked at the nightmares threatened to shatter his heart. 

“Put them away where they were before. I-. . . I will deal with them later. For now, make sure they don’t escape. And make sure they’re okay.” The last part was mumbled out. Before his gaze could fall to the floor, he looked at Seishu and allowed him to steady himself in order to move. As much as he wanted to stay by Seishu’s side, he gently called Kaila and Jentou over. The guardian needed as much negative energy as he could manage. They were probably going to need to take stops into a few nightmares to be sure Seishu was stronger. Crios would be able to help too. It eased him a little, knowing how much help Seishu would be able to get and rather quickly as well.