Well, it hadn't answered him, but that didn't mean the answer was necessarily no. After all, he'd be able to use the Sensoriums earlier to drastically change his own appearance. And there didn't seem to be anyone else around.

Zouichi found it odd that it had ignored him and returned to wrecking cages -- surely a living, breathing potential thing to destroy was more interesting than something that just sat there. He approached it, stopping a few yards away to observe its behavior a little more closely.

"Why are you destroying the zoo?"