[Lack of formal education aside, Gojyo wasn't a complete idiot. And he had enough experience in working alongside organized groups and in messy and violent situations to know how not to get himself killed. Working for Shuten was like taking all the many side-hustles he had accumulated throughout his years and mashing them into one way-too-organized-for-his-liking profession.

He settled back in his seat as Sheliak began to settle with his idea of a middle ground. His body language relaxed as he smirked out.]

Now that's what I'm talking about.

It ain't all make or break, one way or the other, you know? Life's full of middle ground like that. But what matters most is that we don't make asses of ourselves during all of us.

[He picked up his glass, sipping at it before sighing out.]

I'm sure you've heard it around town. A lot of people seem to underestimate Shuten generally. There are lots of words going around that we're nothing more than a bunch of hard-headed and abrasive dumbasses.

[Not that he wasn't self-admittedly abrasive and blunt.]