[ Violence is all he knows and that's just a form of violent affection, isn't it? ]

Yeah, yeah...With th' way ya run off at the first sign of it and all.

[ This whole little talk has been...nice, really. Izō half-expected to be a mess by the end of it, given his issues speaking frankly about his emotions and his past. Much better than most nights he drinks a bottle of sake by himself. ]

...This place ain't so bad with someone like you here.