She'd invited it, had kind of expected Zelos to want to get a closer look, but she still freezes briefly in surprise when he takes hold of her hand. It's only for a second, and she doesn't try to stop him from it in any way, but she still winces. At least he doesn't seem to notice.

The weight of his attention is surprisingly heavy, intense in a way she's not used to having fixed on her, and it's a relief when he speaks again. "Alright," she says, letting out a slow breath as she gathers her thoughts. "Exspheres do that, but they're... parasitic beings?" That had been the phrasing, right? "They can't make their user stronger without leeching off of a human life, first."

That never stops being fucked up, as long as she's been aware of it, and her face definitely makes it clear how much she hates it. "We've been working to round up all of them, but - it's hard to do that without continuing to use exspheres ourselves." She'll miss the abilities they offer, when they do finally give them up, but. They deserve to rest, too. Sheena shakes her head. "Anyway, if anything, it feels like it's been giving me more power here. Maybe making me more sensitive to the ether here, too? I don't know if that's the exsphere or just my body not being used to it." Is she rambling? Maybe a little. She tilts her hand gently in his grasp, watching the exsphere catch the fading sunlight.