A punching bag is definitely appealing. There's something about driving his fists into something over and over that's almost soothing to the angry spark of fire that lives in his heart. It's also something he can do alone, without needing to talk to anyone while he's getting his violence on.

But after that whole episode at the shrine, Nida is someone Jason actually cares about. So he doesn't ignore the comment about Nida's old power and what that means as far as why he can't trade blows with Jason at the moment. Jason steps into the room, expression set in a light scowl as he gives Nida a good looking-over.

"What happened?" Guess who hasn't been paying attention to the powerswapping plaguing the villagers.