[ they totally can...Hijikatas, please come pick up your fanboys... ]

So it would seem. There is a reason your name is well-known.

[ Even though he knows it's not really fame that either of them sought. They did things for the Shinsengumi, their leaders...and the personal truths they each followed. ]

I admit I am unused to it. [ He glances down at his sword. ] Though it is more about the lack of a purpose that bothers me. [ No leaders. No rules, it seems. He has no wish to be ronin. This is something he hadn't asked his fellow Shinsengumi who are here; they never exactly had the same problem.

He shrugs his shoulders. ] Some swords don't do quite as well without their masters, I suppose...