Immediately Hiei is back on edge, the jagan flaring to life to assist in suppressing this surge as reflexively as all of the others. By now this is old hat, but Hiei is confused at the surge coming on the tail of this particular discussion.

“I know.” His brow twists in a way that is confused, of course, unsure what may have caused this particular flare of anger if he’s honest. “I’ve spent enough time dodging you attempting to shove me out to know that at least.”

That part he is definitely still annoyed about, but still -

“Helping you to stay out here ultimately did nothing, though.”