Well, it must have been doing something, since Banchou rolled his shoulders back again, fingered his sprig of bamboo idly, and assumed a look of such obnoxious paternal warmth towards everyone in the vicinity it was a wonder he didn't spontaneously sprout a tie.

Kuzuryuu blatantly ignored him. "Heh." It was pretty crap, but it was nice to have so much fur as insulation. "Why do you think I don't leave the city much? It ain't just business sense."