[No one who's known his father would find a goddess scary. He truly thinks this.]

I guess I don't care about that sort of thing...

[He'll face the gods if he has to. His sensei's much more frightening!]

If I'm afraid of something like that, I don't deserve to be a knight yet. [And besides that...!] No one's scarier than sensei here; so I can't just run away from things. I know he'd back us up any day, but you're being brave too, you know.

[And, once he's through totem's smoke, he's freely sprinting, running, skating himself on his own endless ice-path—threading through trees next. He coasts on magic, now. Switches to voice a moment.]

Good thing you've got strong magic. I think Kasha's a little ahead of me.

[And soon enough, the girl might spy his tiny, flaming fiery-tailed Hell-kitten well before steps arrive. Rolling from the treeline.]

He won't burn, though. I'm almost there.