[Sakamoto raises a brow at his friend. It's true they disagree here, but he's not offended. He's more concerned with how he should word his views, how he thinks that the old ways are dead and gone, but how do you tell that to a man who clings desperately to them?

Zura's firm grip is growing looser by the day, however, he's seeing things more realistically and in color. Things aren't as black and white as they used to be and Sakamoto is proud of his friend for changing and growing as a person, instead of staying stuck in the same rut one terrible incident might have trapped him in.]

You talkin' about the dogs of the bakufu? Yeah, they're just pawns. They ain't bad guys though. I think some of 'em are just proud to have a badge.

[They're samurai from the country, with a kind leader who has his own ideals and way of keeping peace. That's what he's attempting to do, right? Keep peace.

Like Sakamoto is.]

Our issues are more complicated than that. The government's been rippin' people off for centuries, hell, that's how we are! You give any man an inch and he'll take a damn mile. Doesn't matter what kinda skin ya got, scaly, humanoid, whatever-

They've brought us things too. I know, I know it doesn't bring anyone or anythin' back-

[He has a lot of feelings about this, apparently.]

But you enjoy them don'tcha? The phones, television, even the gaming consoles or whatever... People are livin' longer. Hell, we can cast off and set sail into space! You scoff at them but you take advantage of all the stuff that's come with 'em.