[Hijikata remains silent for a moment, mulling over Katsuki's words. He can't very well tell him otherwise on that last point, can he? If he'd been in top form, he likely would have been able to fend off and defeat the vampire. But what's done is done, so he addresses his other concern instead.]

You're not automatically a villain just because you're a vampire. Have you harmed any civilians? Caused suffering and destruction? I'd wager you haven't.

[He steeples his hands, lifting them out of the water.]

When I caught a werebest curse on Avalon, it was an adjustment, too... the bloodlust, the impulses, the heightened senses, I had to learn to manage it all. But I made it work. I'm a werebeast, but I'm still a policeman who upholds law and order.