[ thankfully, all ume is leaving on the paper are some little colorless pawprint indents, because tsurumaru and nero were fortunate enough to be coloring with crayons... and not something like, you know, paint. but oh, if nero wants to pet ume, then all she has to do is ask!! he'd be happy to pass her along. ]

But why do you call him your "Master"? Are you his maid, or something? [ it can still be for kinky reasons... maybe heisuke has a maid fetish?

although, when she starts describing hijikata, he tries not to laugh; but a laugh slips out anyway. ]

That does sound like him. He's rude, unpleasant, and has all sorts of bad habits, but I like him anyway. Isn't that because he's higher ranked than Heisuke, as the "vice commander"? It'd only be natural that he pays more attention to his goals.

On the other hand, I... don't know what Heisuke is. [ some commander of some unit apparently, but tsurumaru doesn't know this. ] Do you know?