Please don't... oh. [Right. Telling her not to think about the 'a' versus 'the' will only make Inaba angry. And Yuuto already feels like he's skating on thin ice. At least she's let him go. Having the option of escaping helps, even if he isn't planning to take it.

He shakes his head.]

No, that wasn't me. I got dragged here too and I can't get out either. Even when I ate all of that Starling, I couldn't use my power to send anyone home. I'm... not a very good kami. I'm so weak that I can't maintain my own power. So if the Rumors they tell about the Spacetime kami got attached to me, I'd...

[Yuuto bites his inner cheek. He doesn't want to look scared. It doesn't suit a kami after all. If he wants to get stronger, then he needs to project the same confidence that this mother does.

But imagining himself as the spirit attached to that tree is terrifying. He's trembling, despite his attempts to hold himself in check.]