[ ryouma laughs nervously a little, less because of the idea of having to answer the question and more because the answer to that question a lot of the time is... izō also gives him a hard time. ]

Well, that depends. Izō is always Izō, no matter what. That's somethin' I really admire about 'im. Even when he's bein' nice, he's still who he is.

[ which is to say, izō will never let him live if there's an opportunity to give him a hard time instead, but ryouma is fine with this. ]

Besides, ya gotta be a real stand-up guy t' stay friends with someone after they shot ya.

[ izō tells everyone, so it's not like it's a great big secret. laugh until it doesn't hurt anymore or something like that. this is probably not what kate was hoping for at all... ]