I know enough to know that it was crumbling and you were trying to restore it somehow.

[ or that's as much as he was able to glean from the explanation he got once before. ]

... But I guess there are a lot of things I don't know. He's had a whole other life somewhere, after all.

[ it's the sort of thing that makes him doubt what he's doing sometimes. he promised he wouldn't go anywhere and he won't break his word but it doesn't stop the thoughts creeping in every so often about whether or not he's really doing the right thing. how can he say he wants what's best for izō and then hang around him, just reminding him of painful things? ]

You're luckier than you realise. You shouldn't say cruel things about him, is all.