[Takeshi unsheathes his version of Soul Eater - the familiar weight welcome in his grasp as he falls into his usual battle stance with a practiced ease that Riku would likely be able to tell wasn't so much copied any longer than it was mastered in his own time.]

If I had to guess? Shadows.

[A small, sardonic chuckle escapes him. Ahh, he knew this scent well. Different form, but still the same stench of guilt. Mixed together with-] Whatever you hide from yourself or others, they can manifest into. But each one has a weakness. Find it so we can make this fight end faster.

[He darts forward, using Continuous Swings on the hourglass. Maybe it's a good thing he did face his own in Crystallis.]