[Hizen's blank stare is met with Matoba's smile. For a moment of silence they just look at each other, but then Matoba looks forward again and continues, slipping into a lazier and casual Kumamoto-ben.]

For a while I wondered since you are reluctant to talk about much of anything. But... Since Hizen is a close neighbor of Higo I thought there might be some fun stories I could get out of you about the area.

But in the end you aren't really a neighbor after all. Too bad.

[He almost seems disappointed.]