A nod, and a quiet "Thank you." before he let that fade. Easier to talk about ki, and focus on that, as they'd come to the beach. By now it was getting past twilight into the darker pre-night part of it, and people had mostly packed up and left. Tide was coming in, washing away older signs of people having visited.

"But yes, so when you were exhausted and after your rough arrival, your ki was off-balance. It reflected your state, so to speak."