In a way, it was almost nice to have the threat of sedation constantly hanging over their heads. It kept Sano from giving Kenshin goose-eggs every five minutes. It was a lot less painful this way.

The rurouni did his best to look innocent. "How so? This one wasn't implying anything. Megumi-dono just seems like the jealous type." Wasn't implying anything. Right. Of course not.

"Ninja girl?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "You've found another Misao-dono, have you?"