[The talon already gave him good enough reason to assume these are Utsuho's remains—glimpses of that eye within that ash pile just confirm it. What's shocking him is that the ash pile is mobile, however slightly. Its Utsuho conscious? Or is this just the yatagarasu trying to control whatever it could of the host body?]
[... was that ash pile actually puffing itself up?]
no subject
[... was that ash pile actually puffing itself up?]
... You awake in'ere?
[He's not expecting an answer.]