Konoe's ears perk up at that and he laughs a little, clearly pleased with everything. Walking over to Durge and the tree, he glances at the deep cut in it and then presses on the trunk to see if it would fall over. (They couldn't leave a dangerous thing like that around.)

"I truly hope so," Konoe says and seems pleased when the tree doesn't feel unstable. "If I can do this even with Hu Mans, I might grow strong enough to help Rai and Asato."