That's a question that will only lead to more questions; ones that Five doesn't particularly look forward to dodging. He had been hoping he would simply tell him how to break it, but in the process made his intentions too obvious. Anurr is supposed to be his last resort if everything else has gone to shit. But as usual, his smallest mistakes have impossibly overblown consequences. When Wei Wuxian signals to something ahead that eluded talisman's protection, it really drives home what a bad idea it was.

"So it doesn't work on anything living." Again, he regrets giving him that opening, and he feels like an idiot for not realizing what he'd be doing after it was explained to him in detail. A sense of urgency creeps into his tone the more it moves in his hand after so many months of being dormant. He can keep an eye out for any approaching beasts, but that's no longer his greatest concern.

"Never mind that." He already knows he's hiding something, so he might as well drop the pretense. "If you don't remove them, we're going to have a problem. You'll have to trust me."