[ it's okay, kaoru only asks the questions that the saniwa sage has been agonizing over ever since tsurumaru popped out of a sword to start terrorizing everyone. how does a sword with such a celebrated history of being a decorative political pawn end up such a little shit? ~*~it's a mystery~*~ tsurumaru, however, is just amused. if he notices the shuffle for personal space, he doesn't voice it -- instead, now that the robots have whizzed by and are no longer around to cause delightful (unexpected) surprises, he promptly loses interest in them, and instead turns his attention to his kind samaritan koala companion. ]

Now that is surprising. [ and lo and behold, there's a note of actual surprise in his voice as his eyes light up in the dimness of the tunnel. ] There's so much trouble to be had, you'd think I'm only skimming the bare surface, so I really should take that as a compliment.

[ still, with all of his frivolity, he could hardly miss the quick thinking from the koala that had brought them to this tunnel in the first place. quick thinking amongst confusion. it's interesting, if nothing else, though tsurumaru has never been one to jump to conclusions. rather, he always prefers for conclusions to surprise him.

it's more fun that way. ] By the way, what is this maintenance tunnel? I'm assuming it should be used for some sort of work, but for what, I couldn't possibly guess.