[Yusuke's not quite certain how much his mom understands about the whole situation, admittedly, considering she asked him to get her a pack of cigarettes on the way back from demon world, but it's also somewhat different for him, he knows. It's not as though they have the relationship where he'd hack demon world technology to be able to keep in touch with her every day, after all. Before Botan took him to that wake, he hadn't even really considered she might be upset to lose him.

Kurama's persistent calm does settle him a little, though. Especially with that callout that has him a little huffy but in that way where you can't even really say anything because you've been nailed to the wall with deadly accuracy.]

It's just weird. This whole thing feels almost like a bribe, you know? To shut up and behave while waiting for whatever they're gonna do to us. And we don't even know what they want.