[Atticus backs up a little more, adding a bit more space between them just in case. Oberon takes it upon himself to plant himself in front of Akito, fully intending to block the spirit from doing anything else to hurt himself.]

||Don't make me sit on you! It would be dishonorable for a mighty samurai.||

Well I guess that means Belle found a story for you... [He rolls his eyes at his hound... then actually takes a moment to appraise him.] What's dishonorable is the amount of mud you've rolled in.

[Then he shakes his head a little and looks back at Jack and Akito.]

And if experiments need to happen, like Jack said, they can happen later and with limited exposure.