[ well, he's noticed that sometimes, when he returns, the papers are shuffled in a different way, or that something over here is now over there... hmm! teaching tsuru how to write properly, though — that's a joke, really! he even laughs a little, as if hijikata had said something intentionally funny. ]

You can try, but ask Mikazuki for the horror stories. The Sanjous tried to teach me to write neatly when I was little, but I just dipped my toes in ink and ran all over the paper... No matter what they did, they couldn't teach me.

[ poor ishipapa probably had a heart attack, if swords can have heart attacks... yet, he's reciting all of this with a smug kind of expression on his face! he has absolutely no shame in playing finger-painting with really expensive ink.

anyway, since it seems that hijikata knows what's up!!! he puffs up even more brightly. ]

I drew you a beautiful illustration. Look!

[ can hijikata look, though... can he, without breaking his back... ]