“And gave you time to collect.” Hiei isn’t fooled for even a moment, but he’s used to it from Kurama. The fox was always picking up seeds and storing them for later use, and here…

It made sense. The both of them being prepared for a possible fight, together, is far more assuring than facing these unknowns alone.

“Explore?” Hiei has done a little bit of that himself, of course, but Kurama may have other ideas of where is most important to look, too.

“Mn.” Despite the sound indicating he would think about it, Hiei drops down to ground level next to him. “Fine. Where would you like to go?”