It's.... validation. It's validation and Shinpachi doesn't even seem to realize that he's saying the exact words that Tenka fussed over for ten years. Leading the Yamainu didn't mesh with Tenka's way of life after his parents were murdered and so he left it. He left his friends and companions and the people who were the closest thing to family he had otherwise, and he's been tormented by the decision.
After all, Sousei hated him for it, didn't he?
So he smiles faintly down at the counter as he makes a vaguely affirming noise.]
You know.... I came to that same realization when I was younger.
[He meets Shinpachi's eyes and figures that he might as well share a little bit more about himself - he trusts the other enough. So he vaguely recalls his old conversation with Sano and asks the same question:]
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It's.... validation. It's validation and Shinpachi doesn't even seem to realize that he's saying the exact words that Tenka fussed over for ten years. Leading the Yamainu didn't mesh with Tenka's way of life after his parents were murdered and so he left it. He left his friends and companions and the people who were the closest thing to family he had otherwise, and he's been tormented by the decision.
After all, Sousei hated him for it, didn't he?
So he smiles faintly down at the counter as he makes a vaguely affirming noise.]
You know.... I came to that same realization when I was younger.
[He meets Shinpachi's eyes and figures that he might as well share a little bit more about himself - he trusts the other enough. So he vaguely recalls his old conversation with Sano and asks the same question:]
How much do you know about Sousei's job?