You remember it when you got here, right? Time's sort of funny around here too. Besides, you and I both know I did plenty with less once upon a time, so I can't stop now. Like it or not, that's the job bein' a Guardian.

[ it's true that's all very much in question right now — what with not knowing where his pact with the world stands in comparison to his contract in hell — but ryouma has done the job long enough and embraced the idea of existing for a purpose his entire life before and since anyway. why should he think any differently now? ]

Besides, who could get upset at someone for throwin' a party? Or making everyone more money? That's always been the ticket.

[ it's not like these are some kind of trade secrets, but he's talking with the thought in mind that hizen, like izō, wasn't there to know how things were in the end. however else hizen has come to learn anything through his own experience, ryouma doesn't know, so he can only guess. ]

The one thing everyone knows and understands is money, especially around here. That's obvious just looking around. How could that be trouble, huh?

[ oh, he knows how people can be about money, but again he refuses to let worries like that stop him. ]