The appearance of a familiar face is, if nothing else, a very helpful distraction from Ryunosuke's doom spiraling.

"Rand?" he says, gaze shifting to blink up at him in surprise. His question is a valid one... Ryunosuke has no idea where to even start with answering it, though.

"I... I think we just met the entity responsible for this plague," he says slowly, eyes flicking back up towards the sky above where it had disappeared to just moments ago.