[ ryouma brightens at the sound of izō's voice, straightening up and smiling at him. poor mood or not ryouma is set even more at ease by it. ]

Hello to you too~ [ he laughs and gives izō what he wants. it's true, there's no point in talking around it anyway. ] I have a proposal I need to take to your boss and I was wondering if you could help me do that, is all. Since I'm asking, figured I'd treat you since I'm asking you to do me a favour.

[ just zero to high level negotiations like that. it's FINE. ]