[Dying in action is okay, too, but definitely not Hijikata's favourite outcome.

He lowers his head over the archaeopteryx' neck to respond.]

I may not seem like the type, but meditation helped me get a better grasp on the elements I struggled with - recalling my memories of them and trying to summon them up based on the feel I get from that!

[He'd never have thought of trying that method himself - Lavellan, now long gone from Avalon, taught him that. Beforehand only fire came easily to him, really.]