"Yet." He repeats dryly, reading between those lines. Hiei could blame the fox or Yusuke all he wanted, but it was his scheme to steal those artifacts that brought them all together in the first place, several years ago.

Kurama might be more open to friendly conversation than Hiei but that provides the fire demon with more opportunity to observe. "You don't truly think you can convince me the only thing you do in those trees is nap." He knows that Hiei uses the position to his advantage, what was that, if not information gathering? While Kurama had to rely on word of mouth and research, Hiei had his own ways of doing things, and abilities for that purpose.

His head tilts at the question, "what if something happens?" They would handle it as they always did, simple as that.