...huh? Murasa, have you...

...gotten smaller?

.... Have I...? Isn't it just your imagination?

No, it's not...

Anyone looking at you would say so...

Wow, you're right.... Sorry, Ichirin...

...? Why apologize to me?

As I get smaller, bit by bit, you get bigger...

And in fact, you're the cause...

...huh? I am...?

.... Come on, Ichirin, haven't there been any...bad or worrisome things troubling you recently?

Eh...? H-how did you know...?

Oh, never mind that...so there IS something, is there?

.... Well, a lot of stuff...anxieties about the future and things...

Such as...?

Wondering whether Byakuren and everyone...are going to make it here okay...

After all, we're outsiders...and if Byakuren gets sealed again...

...if she gets chased out...or at worst...

...i-if she gets killed, what will we do then...?

.... What the—Murasa!

You're even smaller than you were just a minute ago!

.... Wow, you're right...

...and you're really huge now, Ichirin...

But why...?!

.... Now, don't get worked up.

Just try and calm your mind for now.

I-I can't! It's because of me, isn't it!?

.... Awww, man...this isn't good.... I may vanish away entirely...

B-...but why? You won't even explain.... What? What am I doing wrong!?

I don't understand!

You're just saying whatever...

...and now you're going to disappear all of a sudden...I don't understand!

.... They say it a lot, don't they?

Sky and sea can never meet...they are only linked by the rain.

You're a cloud in the sky, I'm the ocean...

They maintain equilibrium in mutual size...so...

...when you amass heavy, dark, wet thoughts...like worry and anxiety...

...you grow bigger and darker, like a cloud...

...and I grow smaller by the same amount.

.... So, Ichirin, when you become unable to carry all your anxiety...

...don't struggle on, don't bear it all yourself. Let it wash down.

.... It's the role of the sea to receive it...

Because if you do...no, if you don't do that...

...I won't be able to stand eye to eye with you.

...but...

But...all that...is all my fault...!

I'm the only one complaining...

All I talk about is what worries me...

.... I don't really mind.

...eh?

.... After all, that's my original role...

It's a captain's duty to anchor her crew, isn't it? Originally, punning "anger" and "anchor", both pronounced "ikari".