Sanzo's mouth twitched a little. Maybe Goku didn't realize it, but he'd just pinned the monk into a corner. And he'd done it with only two words.

He'd already told the chimp what was wrong, glossing over the majority of it. Goku had obviously guessed there was more to it, and he was right. A lot of what the priest had found out about Homura was too close to home. He did not want to tell Goku anything that'd happened between him and that asshole.

The worst part was that Goku was perfectly within his rights to even ask it. It made sense: Sanzo told him something was bad, of course he couldn't just accept it as-is anymore. He'd want to know why.

Things were a lot simpler when Goku was younger.

"I already told you, idiot, he has an interest in the sutra," Sanzo snapped. It sounded weak, even to his ears. He had to resist going for a cigarette that wasn't on him, clenching his fist instead.

Where the hell was the waitress?