Kusakabe Atsuya hisses sharply, pain blooming in the center of his back from where he 'd been roughly thrown against the wall. At the same time, there 's also an accompanying pain throbbing in his midsection, emanating from where Gojo had unceremoniously kicked him mere moments ago. Zero pause, zero hesitation.

Atsuya wouldn 't say that he 's on particularly close terms with the Gojo princess. So, it 's not as if he 'd been expecting to receive special treatment from her or anything.

But '

There 's probably something to be said for how a young child can just

attack

another human without missing a beat 'without any hesitation at all, even. She 'd pulled out her sword and beheaded Yagyu Toshiatsu without batting an eye, without faltering in the least '