"I guess, yeah. That might be it," he admits, robotically following along beside Nobunaga like a lost puppy.

"I've been threatened with death so many times that it started to lose its edge. But, no one ever actually finished the job on me before now. I had all these ideas about how I'd be when it happened. What I'd do or say. Stupid. I think part of me wanted to be able to die like a hero."