[Surprising as that choice of weapon and attack is, Hijikata takes it entirely in stride. If anything, Tartaglia managing to pull it off without also breaking his leg (like his bad friends at home surely would've) earns him so much more respect and fondness from the samurai! He turns to likewise follow the trajectory of the squirrel pieces as they fly off into the distance.]
I'd say you deserve to be player of the season.
[What that a seasonal pun... regardless, something else is starting to happen: While the houses seemed to remain at the same level of destruction despite the raging fire, they now seem to all but disintegrate, and the ice and rocks all over the cave begin to crack. There's no rumbling, so it isn't an earthquake, but Hijikata instinctively backs up towards the boat.]
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I'd say you deserve to be player of the season.
[What that a seasonal pun... regardless, something else is starting to happen: While the houses seemed to remain at the same level of destruction despite the raging fire, they now seem to all but disintegrate, and the ice and rocks all over the cave begin to crack. There's no rumbling, so it isn't an earthquake, but Hijikata instinctively backs up towards the boat.]