Horikawa's been fine. [ and it's the truth — horikawa has yamato, kashuu, kanesada, and nagasone to help him, after all, even if the latter two don't really understand what happened in its entirety. ] For the most part, he's back to the way that he usually was — smiling, being helpful, doing all of Kanesada's chores, too... That kind of guy. Your swords really look out for each other, you know. And looking at you now, I see why they adore you so much, no matter what happens.

Ah, but what about your— [ tsurumaru almost says FRIENDS, but would the big scary Demon Captain who clearly doesn't need a babysitter appreciate acknowledging that he has friends!!!!! ] —er, those other Shinsengumi people? Like the one you were with earlier?

[ but it's not as if he's going to let hijikata bring anyone else with t hem? if he does, they'll just be drop-kicked off of the hill? goodbye? tsurumaru looks over at what hijikata's pointing at, and, well....

he's certainly not opposed to it — dango is sweet, and he does like sweets, after all, but to him, dango only has one purpose. ]

Sounds good! But, Hiji... [ and he gives him a confused look. oh, tkrb dango.... ] I'm not fatigued, why dango?