[ what does Shinpachi need with friends like these, other than proper clothes and air conditioning. ]

[ Heisuke being here made sense for some odd reason. The reason being that Souji can't think of Shinpachi and Sano in one place without the other, and vice versa. (That whole bit with Heisuke leaving the Shinsengumi notwithstanding... And it made morbid sense too, for Heisuke to leave Cerealia first. ]

Hijikata-san left while you were still here? How irresponsible of him.

[ At least Souji looks a little more cheerful now that he's gotten to insult Hijikata at least once. ]

Did we at least get to kill Kazama before Hijikata-san ran off? [ He pauses. ] At least once?

[ Souji, asking the most important questions. ]