I would hope you can outrun them, if it is something you plan on doing. If you’re going to be a troublemaker then don’t think they’ll all be slow. And try not to fall — I would hate to hear news that you went and got yourself injured or worse, just for a view.

[An outcome that given the little he knows of Kazuha, is not going to happen, if the samurai ever did climb the Sacred Sakura at all in his life before he’d arrived here. He shouldn’t care regardless of if the boy did or didn’t, if he got hurt, but the thought of a young Kazuha getting hurt over something so foolish… Well it fits with who the boy is, but it hardly sits well with him.

It’s not hard to notice the tone Kazuha takes with some of his words, a clear imitation of someone that’s likely spoken the same enough times for the boy to remember. That theatre was expensive isn’t inaccurate, but it’s hardly a barrier in his mind. Working around it is simple enough.]

Is that what you’re told? I suppose it can be, but there are ways around that, if it’s really a problem.

[Scaramouche watches with a gentle smile as the boy looks him over, like he’s trying to determine if what he’s said is true. It’s a quick decision that’s made, as he watches the soon to be samurai fall back into the water.]

You hardly need to continuously flatter me, Kazuha-chan.

[He grins, teasing.]

And were you? I can’t say I noticed.