Hiei... turns not for the first time toward Kurama with a slightly suspicious look in his eye. Kurama, offering so easily to return to the demon world in order to seek out new ingredients at a moment's notice, considering where they stand now? Though the fox spirit has said before what his intentions are, and that he does not expect him to return anything ... it feels like too much effort. Again he finds himself conflicted about all of this. His illness, Kurama’s tangible concern.

Granted, this entire situation has been odd from start to finish, to say the least, and so he can hardly count this as the weirdest part of this episode of their lives.

"I may not recover as quickly as you or Yukina would like without it, but I will recover." Or not. He doesn’t actually know, but he has a good feeling. Some part of him finds it laughable, still, to think that Kurama might be doing it only for Hiei's benefit as well. Surely there's something else underneath it all as well. It doesn't make much sense to him, beyond that.

"Fine, then let her know. At the very least if I get some of it down she will be less stressed." If only Kurama were a little easier to please, when it came to signs of if he were recovering or not.