[Mitsuhide can't help but laugh at that--and not even his usual patronizing chuckle, but something open and honest for a change.]

Then it might not surprise you to hear that you wouldn't be the first to call me that. Back home they used to call me the 'Silver Kitsune,' among other titles.

[Some of them not quite so friendly. He's been referred to as a snake more times than he can count.]

My name, however, is Mitsuhide. It is a pleasure to meet you, Nezumi, despite the obviously sub-par circumstances.