[ normally, Sakamoto tries to maintain eye-contact with his companions, but it's usually only for Hijikata he makes the exception.

There is no greater deterrent than mayonnaise ]

Are you happy to see me? Leaping with joy? Aa, you warm my heart with your regards.

[ a laugh, shorter, lighter. He slurps a noodle with an almost obscene relish ]

It isn't all that terrible here, now is it? Everywhere I look, I see domestic bliss. Or brave attempts at it.