[ it's true, things will only get more intense for him in a few days, so he's very grateful for the drink and pleasant conversation in the meantime ]
Do ya? Is it the confidence or the stupidity?
[ he can laugh at his own self-deprecating humour because he quit letting things like that bother him a long time ago anyway. it's more fun to laugh at things. he files the comment about centuries away, the idea of someone like shylock being around for that long not at all an odd thing considering his own experience. ]
Ya know about Tosa? That must mean—... y' know Izō, right?
[ another simple man of tosa who loves his sake even more than ryouma does. the moment of hesitation is mostly an unconscious one — ryouma's luck with getting to know people better who already know izō has been... eventful. ]
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Do ya? Is it the confidence or the stupidity?
[ he can laugh at his own self-deprecating humour because he quit letting things like that bother him a long time ago anyway. it's more fun to laugh at things. he files the comment about centuries away, the idea of someone like shylock being around for that long not at all an odd thing considering his own experience. ]
Ya know about Tosa? That must mean—... y' know Izō, right?
[ another simple man of tosa who loves his sake even more than ryouma does. the moment of hesitation is mostly an unconscious one — ryouma's luck with getting to know people better who already know izō has been... eventful. ]