[Blunt as Hijikata can be, he can show some sensitivity when someone earnestly confides in him. Thoma and he did travel and camp together for several days and nights, but even so, not everyone would make themselves so vulnerable! It's easy for Hijikata to open up to him in return, all the more because his feelings are so similar.]
It's the same for me, really. What are your goals?
[He himself lives and dies for the Shinsengumi - to fulfill his Commander's dream of making Edo a safer place as more or less honourable samurai -, but what does a housekeeper like Thoma dream of? He seems so fulfilled in his life... but maybe that's just it, and he wants to keep things as they are and protect what he holds dear?]
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It's the same for me, really. What are your goals?
[He himself lives and dies for the Shinsengumi - to fulfill his Commander's dream of making Edo a safer place as
more or lesshonourable samurai -, but what does a housekeeper like Thoma dream of? He seems so fulfilled in his life... but maybe that's just it, and he wants to keep things as they are and protect what he holds dear?]