[Hijikata listens and observes, studying the designs on display.]

Okay, I've got to ask: did you and your people create all life on your word, even originally, before the first calamity? Or did you "just" supplement it?

[Either way, the sheer power of Emet-Selch's kind is humbling. If they straight-up created their world the man may just be the most powerful being he encountered so far, above even other worlds' specialised deities.]