Mm. I doubt it. [ he chuckles and leans forward curiously. ] I've seen things that'd make your head spin...
[ ryouma is quiet after that and lets sannan tell his story, emptying his cup at least once more throughout. it keeps him quiet as long as he needs to be. ]
"Furies", huh? Ahh, I sure got lucky, didn't I?! I sure don't envy the me that had to deal with that on top of the country bein' in danger too! 'Course, the shogunate usin' ya as puppets ain't much of a surprise. They were gonna let all the western countries cut us up like they did to China and India if it meant livin' a little longer, so they wouldn't think twice about steppin' on you or I. Sorry ya had t' find out that way... doesn't gimme any joy in seein' it no matter what side anybody's on.
[ ryouma had also witnessed the tosa loyalists be betrayed by the men and ideals they followed, to their deaths. he can sympathise, even if he might be ideologically opposed to what the shinsengumi believed in. ]
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[ ryouma is quiet after that and lets sannan tell his story, emptying his cup at least once more throughout. it keeps him quiet as long as he needs to be. ]
"Furies", huh? Ahh, I sure got lucky, didn't I?! I sure don't envy the me that had to deal with that on top of the country bein' in danger too! 'Course, the shogunate usin' ya as puppets ain't much of a surprise. They were gonna let all the western countries cut us up like they did to China and India if it meant livin' a little longer, so they wouldn't think twice about steppin' on you or I. Sorry ya had t' find out that way... doesn't gimme any joy in seein' it no matter what side anybody's on.
[ ryouma had also witnessed the tosa loyalists be betrayed by the men and ideals they followed, to their deaths. he can sympathise, even if he might be ideologically opposed to what the shinsengumi believed in. ]