Well, I walked right into that one, didn't I?

[ where it counts, ryouma died with no regrets, so he doesn't mind the joke. ]

Yoshinobu returned power peacefully and all the suggestions I wrote down ended up getting adopted, so it's a pretty good win from where I'm standing. What happened, happened but it came as no surprise, really. I've always believed we come into the world to accomplish a duty and I'd done that.