"I suppose thats something you need to decide on your own, isn't it?" Hayato replied with a ghost a smile, before kicking a small stone into the murky water.

"You know Kitsu-san better then I do after all."

"I suppose...although it's only been 9 days...you don't..I mean, she is who she is...right?"

"You're right there she is who she is, and it has only been nine days." He nodded a bit to himself. "I wonder if she snores."

“She seems like a snorer... not that that is a bad thing. But if I had to guess... yes, definitely a snorer.”

"But the small kind of cute snores, right?" Hayato asked taking another drag from his inhalator. "Not the loud obnoxious kind of snoring?"

“....I have earplugs. I am prepared even if she snores like a dropship.”

"Always good to be prepared." Hayato mused, silently wondering if any of the ladies he was interested snored....

Probably the Utaku.

“... she wouldn’t be put off that I sleep with a gun beneath my pillow. I mean, it’s a little unusual, but it’s hardly odd and is very sensible”

"I'd hope not..." He glanced over at the Lion. "I mean, everyone does that right?"

"....probably best to ask though "

“All the sensible samurai do, and I mean, we keep the safety on. Sure it’s a hair trigger, but it’s safe.”
Pause
“You know, I will check with her just in case, never hurts to check.”

"Yeah... probably wise to check."

"Not everyone has the same definition of safe as most bushi do after all." Not even some of the bushi.

“Once you get shot in your bed once you wake up to the fact that danger is everywhere... pun intended.”

"That will do it." He agreed with a chuckle.

"Though I suppose mine comes from sleeping in places you don't want to more then anything."

“I suppose that’s the perils of being a ranger.... although I’m guessing there’s nowhere unclassified you can say you’ve been?”

"Mmm... I can tell you that I'm currently stationed on The Lode." Hayato replied with a faint smile. "You likely know how that goes though."

“I think I know how that might go, yes. I don’t know exactly what the Mantis perspective might be, but I can guess.”

"It's likely not as bad as you might assume, and I can admit some of the places were for training " He offered the woman a shrug.

"We all keep our secrets though, don't we?"

“Or we try to while doing our best to never tell any lies... which is a lot of work too.”

"Yeah." He smirked.

"That's why it's best to just not talk about it."

“Absolutely. Which I do, actively not talk about it.”