[This does get a laugh of surprise from Natori, if only because he can't think of the last time someone called him 'hardworking' in any way that wasn't a backhanded insult-- as in, hardworking because he didn't have the natural talent, or else some jab about him spending his time acting instead of focusing it on exorcism politics. The laugh is like a break in the self-obsessed, carefree Tamamo act to the actual human being underneath.]

Sorry, sorry. I suppose it's unexpected, right? But that's how it goes with professions like these. Actors don't let up until they're in private. [Or until they get themselves distracted from their himbo routine, exhibit a.] Especially not in a place like this, I'd imagine.