[Despite the pretty boy facade, Koujaku knows his ways around self-defense. And swords. And possibly other things, although those require a little more... provocation.

Let's just say, this probably isn't the first time someone's threatened to take his fingers off. He just smiles, wide and fake. He'll take the loss on this one, it's fine.]

I lie because people don't need to know everything. But I guess if someone asks you directly, misleading someone isn't very nice.

[He's still smiling— he's not really willing to disclose what he's lied about, obviously, but at least it seems to be acceptable.]