[he shrugs off the apology, keeping his own counsel on it being rough all around; no matter what he's slowly, painstakingly begun to learn of the merits of selfishness, there was no way he was dragging Shinpachi into any of the tangled mess]

[Katsura may be exhausted, but he is still, undoubtedly, Katsura. to claim one was not getting wet from a rainstorm would be foolish, and a lie, although one certainly did not have to lead others out into the rain]

Aa? It is good to be hardworking and upbeat in the face of adversity. Although I had not noticed a huge influx of job opportunities at the Yorozuya...?