[He is relatively sure he could weather a scolding from Hades but that doesn't mean that he wants one! Still, with Hythlodaeus there to serve as a buffer...

E'kayan shakes his head quickly. No, no, what is he thinking. Clearly the electricity fried too many of his brain cells. He flops onto his back and spreads his arms and legs slightly, his pupils narrowing to slits as he looks up at the sky.]

I could never mistake you as the responsible kind, Hythlodaeus. [He looks over at his friend with a grin.] I wouldn't dream of insulting you like that.

[Then his nose scrunches, and he laughs, and his ears wiggle slightly in a display of good humour.]

My stuff should be... somewhere. I left it with my chocobo. You don't see a large black bird standing around anywhere nearby, do you?