[ for someone who claims to not be good with words, izō really managed to hit him as surely as if he'd just stabbed him. ]

I come t' find ya 'cause I wanna see you, Izō.

[ he can't deny the rest though so he doesn't bother. ]

It'd be easy if all I did was miss her—...

[ but it hurts like a phantom limb and he doesn't know how to begin to fix it. he doesn't even want to admit the weakness; it might not be crying but whining about things to izō still sort of feels the same. he's just going to forget he said that at all. ]

I'm busy 'cause it's what I've gotta do. It's the only reason I'm here.