Even he was clueless. He had never seen this before, it was as if some unseen barrier had been affected by his son's dutiful actions. But why? Suddenly, he caught wind of a blur beside him. Leaping sideways, it had disappeared.
Go
Something startled him. A soft, persistant voice, that seemed to come from all sides of him. He had hesitated from Haku's words, but now he leapt forward. Gaining powerful momentum, he surged up into an instinctive leap. He felt himself connect with something ice-cold, and he traveled through it, like jumping through a waterfall. He landed, and could hear the clattering of his hooves on the granite floor. What had happened?

Haku...what...?

But then he remembered the soft, nagging voice. Did his son know about this, too? He couldn't. No.