Tamaki (who at some point came back out of the crow sister to let her get back to... crow sistering) speaks up now, from where he floats near where the count once stood.

"It's true. I spoke to the earth spirit. It said it was dying, and needed help."

He gestures back at Lambert. "That's why it possessed Lam-san. He asked for its power, and it gave it to him."

A pause, and then he adds, "I didn't expect him to bleed so much though..."