"Mn." Hiei nods his agreement, a bit relieved at this point to know that there would not be very many other people around, if any at all. Just in case is better than being overconfident, particularly when it comes to .. this particularly odd chapter of their stay in this place.

Just as he begins to wonder what he ought to say next to make things possibly less awkward.. Kurama goes back to what they'd been discussing before.

The fire demon frowns to himself, this time, purely by virtue of being turned away, though a finger taps on his arm in an expression of his disappointment at.. himself. This place. Whatever the hell is going on -

"Apparently, I was hampering your ability to solve it." He tries, and yet still manages to miss the mark. As always.