[Not good, but at least it seemed like Kacchan was checking up on the other. That was a little less worrying. He trusted Kacchan to make good decisions on how to help.]

I wish we knew more of the nature of this mist, but I haven't even been able to see it much since I'm in the middle of the mall... [A blessing and a curse. the only way he could really see it was from the skylights that were scattered here and there in the ceilings--but it's not like one was right above him, so it was hard to tell anything beyond the fact that it was still there.]

Is your store by any outside facing windows or doors? [Food courts were often by entrances or exits of the mall, right?] That could be a reason for it creeping in on you.