( He bristles at the implication Hijikata tries to lend to his words, and shakes his head earnestly. Come on, cut him a break, how stupid do you think he is?! )

Apparently she needed a Master, to keep her in this world? I think that if she doesn't have one she disappears or something, and it's not like I could leave her out on her own after that. ( She's pretty troublesome, and apparently has Big Issues with having her chest touched, but when push comes to shove, Heisuke doesn't feel like he could just leave someone to disappear when they ask for his help. So he lifts up his hand to show, a deep red pattern set in the back of it. ) When I agreed, this thing showed up on my hand.