[Hijikata doesn't want to lose his livelihood - and much less his life - either, so he keeps his chuckle to himself, swallowed with a burning in his throat. The first glimmer of happiness he's felt after days of bleak patrols and paper work, and Sui Feng has killed it.
She is an assassin, after all.
He falls in tow, walking at her side to board.] I've seen the picture, if that's what you mean.
[He's also read the part about how it's indistinguishable from other carrots to the eye, its taste 'heavenly' while others with its appearance inflict a myriad of painful side effects.
Like hell he's going to taste test them, and his initial plan of making his partner do the dirty work has been squashed - but he's not as worried as he could be. Between the two of them, they could round up any schmuck on the street and make him sample their findings.]
no subject
She is an assassin, after all.
He falls in tow, walking at her side to board.] I've seen the picture, if that's what you mean.
[He's also read the part about how it's indistinguishable from other carrots to the eye, its taste 'heavenly' while others with its appearance inflict a myriad of painful side effects.
Like hell he's going to taste test them, and his initial plan of making his partner do the dirty work has been squashed - but he's not as worried as he could be. Between the two of them, they could round up any schmuck on the street and make him sample their findings.]