[The best for Akechi, anyway.]

I suppose that makes sense, as much as anything makes sense around here.

[He sits back with a hiss, bringing a bloody hand to his lips in contemplation. Most of the blood is from the underground, not his own; he'll worry about bandaging up his actual wounds later.]

So as long as one is close to one of these fissures, he can communicate regardless of distance. How very curious.

Have you ever seen anything like this, Raihan-san? Do you think you'd be able to draw a map of the lines?