Han Sen now knew it was too late to stop what had been put into motion, so he quickly tried to think how he might best help the fish king.
The light of its presence was rapidly approaching, and the water was in turmoil as it came.
"Do you need to step away?" Yaksha asked the empress.
The empress said, "I will watch."
"Are we killing it?" Yaksha thought they would go and kill the flying fish once it arrived.
"Not yet. We will let the fish and vine do battle first. When things look dire for either of them, we will swoop in and clean up the mess." The empress relayed to them the plan of action.
Yaksha did not say anything, but he clearly seemed to be agitated by the presence of the human sitting comfortably beside the throne.
The empress had wanted to hunt down the flying fish originally, so he thought the human must have done or said something to change her mind.