Er, right.... Suzaku wouldn't know. Giving an embarrassed cough, Enki shrugged.

"Er, sorry. I forget you don't know... Kirin are supposed to be able to tame youma... chaotic spirits, as their... uh... 'bodyguards' if you will. Taiki didn't know how to do that. Kirin can also shift between their human form and their actual form, which he didn't understand how to do either."

Enki paused and jumped up on the counter again, resting on his palms. Would Suzaku even get the right picture in his head if he tried to describe what he actually looked like?
"This ain't my real form. Being here, though, I can't shift for some reason," Enki hadn't meant to reveal it, but he could hear the strain in his voice as he said that.

Not being able to shift... it didn't hurt, not really, but something essential was being supressed.