[ That abomination can stay dead as far as she's concerned, her top priority is checking on Ajax. Having fulfilled its duty, the bow dissipates into the air as Yoimiya runs past the monster's smoldering corpse to shower her partner-in-crime with praise. Their teamwork was incredible and he deserves to know that! She's also got questions, what exactly was that dark fog he summoned? If those explosive arrows are newly obtained powers on her end, makes sense that he acquired a new skill too. But more importantly, she needs to see how he's doing. As proud as she is, it's still worrying that he had to tap into that mysterious power that frightened him to his core.

As she's getting ready to greet him, Yoimiya stops dead in her tracks when she sees that dark abyssal aura still swirling around him. And to make matters more concerning, she can tell he's heavily breathing. It's evident that he's going through something. Overcome with worry, she slowly approaches him, reaching out her hand to touch him and just as her fingers ghost his arms, Ajax seems to pull himself out of that strange trance. ]

There's no need for you to apologize, silly. I'm just happy to see you're fine.

[ With a reassuring smile, she tenderly places her hand on top of his biceps. ]

Aside from a few cuts from throwing myself to the ground. [ Naked at that. ] I'm fine! What about you? You're sweating an awful lot.

[ Just one touch is enough to tell her that he's been sweating buckets. ]