Seventy-Eight.
Sesshoumaru's voice suddenly softened, his eyes moving to rest over his former body with sorrow.
"The beast must have realized that his body has been compromised", he murmured, so quietly that Kagome had to hold her breath to hear him. "He wishes to come out and see for himself, but he cannot, because Jaken does not know how to guide the transformation. Trapped inside his humanoid form, blind and afraid, he lashes out, his anger unable to find an outlet: the youki pours out of him but the beast cannot direct it towards anything, because that is – was – my duty."
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(100 words.)
