[N O P E. This man wasn't cute anymore. This was full-on Kou-style negotiating when all the reasonable parties were held up elsewhere-- also known as Reasons Why Kouen and Kouha Aren't Allowed on Their Own.]

You'll find I've got the endurance skills of a cockroach, [Koumei said delicately, not backing down from this man's bravado.] It's a necessary skillset to have when you've grown up within a country at war. Assassination attempts aren't unheard of.