[ she must have been waiting to tell all of that to someone. He's been there before plenty of times - not in these "games," but in his own manor, listening to people and baiting out their stories with bits and pieces his eye had already shown him. Now he's wondering if there's just something about him that makes people want to tell him things. This time, at least, he's not listening with ill intent. ]

It's ridiculous to feel that responsible over a man ten times older than you are. He should have been the one looking after you. [ hikage is now even less impressed with tsurumaru because of this conversation ] If he was still that clueless after that long, there's nothing anyone could have done.

[ bluntly. ]

The ones that need to take responsibility are our three jailkeepers. That's it.