[ A brief, thoughtful hum. ]

She thinks it should have a bigger impact on me, but...dying in some terrible, gruesome way is just kind of part and parcel for jujutsu sorcerers. I always tell my students it's impossible that they'll die without regrets...that's just how it is for us.

I explained that to her, but it's like she was looking for something that isn't there.

[ Or that's buried so deep, he doesn't even know how to recognize it. ]