Mmm~hmm! But to be fair, I was nine years old back then. He was just making lewd comments about my sister- [Eyeroll! Hijikata might not have been drunk, but he'd been a teenager, and that counts for a lot.] -and when Kondou-san told him off he said that about me to tease him, I think.

[He does, however, nod emphatically in agreement with Saitou's assessment of the Shinsengumi.] Exactly! In a way, even though we've never met, we are comrades. It makes sense for us to look out for each other.

[He shakes his head quickly.] Ah, no. Only a month or so, I think. It was all a bit of a blur in the beginning, but something like that.