Chk- click It takes a few tries for Kaji's lighter to spark, but he deliberately and disrespectfully lights up a cigarette as they mount the stairs. He is towards the back of the group because he had hesitated in front of the fallen statue of his daughter.

"I would say that I'd be perfectly happy to listen so long as the Sage doesn't make my daughter cry again." A long drag of the cigarette. "But she's unable to join us now. So I guess it's all good then, isn't it?" Despite his anger, Kaji is still here because of the four people depicted in those statues. This might be the place to get any last answers on the black crystals.