[ He flaps his hand dismissive of the condolence; he's read enough fantasy manga he knows fire and water have nothing in common for help. Flapping his hand does disturb what he was doing and his little water droplets splish onto the table in front of him. He takes a packet of tissues out of his pocket to wipe that up. ]

Not as bad I thought. I already got Izo and Samatoki on board 'fore this. Nishitani. Bunch of th'guys are military, they shouldn't balk much.

[ Wow does Majima actually pay attention to who is in Shuten... ]

Was expectin' Dante to run me around, but he was game. Hizen'll fuss. Gojyo's gonna say somethin' sarcastic but do it anyway.