[Ironically having feed energy through his sword had burned off a considerable amount of his remaining fuel. The fall had stunned him well and now he was finding some strength to fight the urging, not enough to return to himself, but enough to keep from striking out at Kagerou again.

It was useless, he couldn't stop it forever, but he could give the other the chance to kill him before he did more terrible things.

If he could even be killed by someone Kagerou's size.]