I told ya both they didn't want me to meet up with my brother on the hit, right? I disobeyed a direct order. [ he settles back down into nishitanis arms, soaking up the comfort there. it's a comfort he doesn't really feel he deserves but its just so warm and inviting can he really be blamed? ] But I didn't stop there. I fought Shibata's whole gang. 'cept...there was one dude left. Just one. I got everyone else. Told me ta apologize. But I wouldn't have ever apologized for tryin' ta be with Saejima.

[ he's quiet for a moment, and then there's a tonal shift. what he'd said just now had been serious. important. but when he speaks again, his tone is that same light I Definitely Dont Care About Anything tone he usually uses. ] Ah, that's when he cut my eye out. An' then they gave me back to my boss Shimano. [ majima laughs, cold and short ] He wasn't too happy about my behavior.

He kicked me out of the family an' erased my name from the books. I'd betrayed them, after all. Shimano-han tortured me for awhile an' then handed me to his oath brother, Sagawa, down in Sotenbori. Had to work like a civilian for a year. Be all straight laced an' shit.