[So often, drinking leads to the knock down, drag-out fighting. Takasugi isn't planning on starting shit, but... their punches won't be pulled, if someone else does.]
No. People are hardly worth the honest compliments they get-
[Much less any bullshit ones. For a man so active in diplomacy back home, Takasugi has an odd candor to his negotiation style. Like threatening the sovereign of a nation he's allied with, just... casually...
He pours another glass and drinks, his actions more understated than Chuuya's, but his pace no slower.] I'd rather twist someone's arm than blow smoke up their ass.
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No. People are hardly worth the honest compliments they get-
[Much less any bullshit ones. For a man so active in diplomacy back home, Takasugi has an odd candor to his negotiation style. Like threatening the sovereign of a nation he's allied with, just... casually...
He pours another glass and drinks, his actions more understated than Chuuya's, but his pace no slower.] I'd rather twist someone's arm than blow smoke up their ass.