Geez... You're making this way too difficult on me.
[He lets his hand get brushed off, allowing it to hang in the air for a few brief seconds before it drops back down to the hilt of his sword.] Just for the record, I asked plenty of times for you to tell me the truth.
[So don't hold this against him, or something. He doesn't want to actually hurt Gojyo in any way that can't be fixed, but he doesn't want to be obviously holding back, either. So, as he unsheathes his sword, he swings it at him quickly. No need to call on Mahiru-no-yo right now, unless it turns out that he needs it. All he has to do is keep pushing Gojyo until one of two things happens.
Either he reaches his limit and the monk's spade doesn't do anything useful beyond appearing, or he does call out a demon and returns an attack that way. Either answer opens a whole different jar of questions, but it's one step at a time, and he's here alone, as far as he can tell.]
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[He lets his hand get brushed off, allowing it to hang in the air for a few brief seconds before it drops back down to the hilt of his sword.] Just for the record, I asked plenty of times for you to tell me the truth.
[So don't hold this against him, or something. He doesn't want to actually hurt Gojyo in any way that can't be fixed, but he doesn't want to be obviously holding back, either. So, as he unsheathes his sword, he swings it at him quickly. No need to call on Mahiru-no-yo right now, unless it turns out that he needs it. All he has to do is keep pushing Gojyo until one of two things happens.
Either he reaches his limit and the monk's spade doesn't do anything useful beyond appearing, or he does call out a demon and returns an attack that way. Either answer opens a whole different jar of questions, but it's one step at a time, and he's here alone, as far as he can tell.]