Out of the corner of his eye, Kenshin saw Sen moving. He tensed a little, but then realized that she wasn't doing anything but fixing her hair. Having lived in close proximity to Kaoru (and then Misao at the Aoi-ya) for the last several months, he was familiar with women fixing their hair. They tended to like being alone when they did that (and get rather violent when disturbed), so he didn't pay the action any mind. He'd been abused enough for one lifetime.

The rurouni blocked Robin again, but the kid was faster this time. Good. He was learning. Kenshin twisted the sheath out of Robin's hands again. "Better, but you let yourself get distracted at the very end." He gave the kid a Look and dropped his voice to a conspiratorial whisper. "Maybe if you tried to keep your eyes off of Sen-dono it would go a little easier."