[ ryouma is happy to lead the way, familiar enough by now with the confusing nature of the streets at least in this part of town around here to know when to turn. soon enough they arrive at a little hole in the wall bar that isn't particularly remarkable on the outside, but it's quiet enough for a conversation without feeling like everyone else might be eavesdropping. ]

I admit, I quit keeping up with things after a point, so I'm afraid not. You would've been in Kyoto 'til the end, right?

[ whether he means the end of the shogunate or the end of sannan's life is unclear. many people died before the former, after all. ]

Once I got into things in Nagasaki, Kyoto was way too stuffy for me! But things more or less happened the same way in different worlds, it seems like. I finished my work and that was that! I didn't become a Servant until after I died.