[Natori would like to have some sort of intellectual reasoning behind his focus on the Tamamo, but the embarrassing truth is that he had his feelings hurt by someone from home intimating that they'd choose their newfound youkai clan over Natori should this gang struggle turn a little more physical. At least if they're both in Tamamo, he figures, they won't be pitted against each other by their mysterious ayakashi bosses. But he knows that's an extremely petty (or pitiable) thing to say, so instead without missing a beat]

There's no need to limit it. After all, if a bunch of ayakashi could turn us against each other merely by putting us in different groups, I'd really get depressed if it were that easy! [His voice stays light as if he's joking regardless; there's a reason his second job is as an actor.] But I can't deny that I'm curious. Why us, you know? What do we have in common? [Besides the obvious #hot girl problems.]