Listen up. Next kid who shows up for no reason in particular, just hoping to skip class, gets my boot up their ass. This is not a truant office. Got it? The rest of you with real problems are welcome to keep them to themselves, damnit stop by.

Just for the record. This past week. Never. Happened.

That asshole. Keeping me at arm's length the entire time, and using the damn wolf to do it. I should have suspected something. When he wakes up, I'm going to kill him.

[Sounds of someone trudging through undergrowth and leaves. When Hijikata speaks, his voice is cold and businesslike.]

If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of one, Okita Sougo, please bring it to my attention immediately. As the vice-commander of my own Shinsengumi, he has me to answer for for what he's done.

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