The force of the punch makes something in his chest crack. a weird gasp breaking from his throat and echoing through the stairwell. Perhaps surprisingly, he doesn't get up - he remains there on the ground, grinning up at his retreating "friends." They're fun to watch from this angle, he thinks to himself, dark eyes wide and almost...mad?

Well, would madness be surprising? Such a fine line between madness and happiness, really.

Venus is gone in a flash, and now he's just staring up at Kankri...grinning, grinning, grinning.