The entity speaks, to Shinzui, "Do what you will. So long as the war is not stopped." The entity recedes from Xio like the tide going out, and he resumes his previous form, the many mouths resuming their whispers. Xio leaps to a nearby outcropping of rocks, and shrugged as his chest swallowed the khepesh back. He looked to Airlea, saying, "If your 'friends' wish to fight, let them. I ...recommend... you refrain from interfering."