[There's something about that statement that rings out with a certain kind of loneliness, and even though a part of Kashuu is glad to be here right now, it's a much smaller part than he would like. Geez, nothing can ever be easy or straightforward...]

...Yeah. Something like that, I guess.

[Another lazy shrug, and Kashuu glances back away, out toward the sea and the dinguses puttering around in it.]

But that guy died a long time ago. We're closer to strangers, y'know? [And that's fine, because he's not Yamato - he's not hung up on the past. He's not stuck on the master who wielded him better than anyone, he's not.] Sooo - it's good to meet you or something.