Kenshin watched Robin for a while before answering. How best to phrase this? He was taking a big risk by asking it, but he needed to know how much Sen knew. Somehow. "This one is originally from Kansai," he said brightly. It was, technically, true; the village where he had been born and spent the earliest part of his childhood was in the mountains in Kansai. "And this one lived in Kyoto for a time, before he ended up in...Edo." It felt extraordinarily odd to refer to Tokyo by its old name. "May this one ask where in the city you live?"

That was...an extremely stupid question, but oh well. Turning back to Robin, added, "You're doing very well. Now we should practice a basic block. This one's going to come at you with his sword; please do your best to block it."