'Well, shit. That's not good,' Lythero thought to himself as soon as he saw how the bird Kaijin covered in needles had pinned down one of Zhen Liu's zakos. 'Okay, calling out the zakos would probably be the equivalent of lighting up a flare in a dark room, and it's not like I can send Huītzilōpōchtli to relay information because he and Quetzalcoatl decided to take a nap when we rolled up to this place. Great...'
When he, Olstenna and Zhen Xing went off to patrol in different directions, they had honestly thought that they were going to get lucky and not run into any enemy Kaijin until after Zhen Liu had finished interrogating Constrictor.
Granted, he had no idea if it was even possible to jump into the minds of Kaijin, since they were mostly energy-based lifeforms but Zhen Liu was full of weird surprises.
