[ That's a small, hesitant smile spreading across his face, even as he ducks his head and fidgets nervously. ]

I don't mind... Being stuck with you guys, I mean, but...

[ His words trail off and his eyes drop back to the floor, the smile fading. For all that Sano says it, he can't help feeling nervous. He's never really talked about this with any of them, always just claimed to be some ronin. Hell, maybe they already know, but it's one thing to figure it out and another to have it confirmed. ]

The last one kinda ratted me out to everybody and told me not to talk to him again after I offered to help him and his family out if they needed it. I mean, it was just me and my mom, so the money we got from my father wasn't exactly used up all that fast, but I guess he didn't like the idea that we weren't scraping to get by, y'know? I just... don't really want that to happen again.