[... Honestly, all of these stories he hears about the Shinsengumi are just... (heartwarming, familial, somewhat like the sense he gets from the Yamainu)-- ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous stories of the Shinsengumi here.]

...Thank you. [The praise, as ever, takes him off-guard. They were secretive back home, and he'd never really intended to be a hero in the spotlight. Still, it isn't a bad thing to hear, especially not from someone who has to care for Japan just as much.]

It is aggravating, if nothing else. There are things that I have to do, and they are not being accomplished so long as we are here.

[Sigh...... it's hard when you're the dutiful sort and yet can't do your duty.]

It's ridiculous. There must have been better choices for this than you or me.