A kid? No this didn't look like a child, just small and upset. Oh an act was it? Sanzo knew that act well enough, with how unimpressed he looked in return. But dammit if he didn't have an annoying knack of giving a shit about upset strangers. This one looking to be another "foreigner" like him. Maybe. He knew about the soul gems and all that crap, a bracelet of red beads and a small, star shaped brown stone around his wrist. Having one imbedded in one's forehead was... something.

He crouched down to be more on her level, pulling his right arm up to rest on his legs while he did so. Letting it hit the ground right now was going to be considerable pain!

"The hell is your problem?" he asked with hostility to cover his actual curiosity. "That look on your face is more annoying than the rest of you."