"Perhaps once it did." replied Madame Shu, "But I do not think it really cares about the souls it encounters now. If it were concerned with only the sinful, surely someone would have gotten past before now, or it might have sought out a monastery or something to send it back." She fell silent in thought.<br/><br/>"Perhaps .." Jiao broke the silence, blushing as others turned towards her. "Perhaps I should be the one it chases. I cannot fight, but I can run very fast if I need to, and I think with the ogre behind me, I would want to run very fast indeed."