( Koujaku didn't seem to care as he leaned back in his seat, one arm draped along the back of the one beside him. He was almost tempted to ask to bum a smoke - but given what he'd heard of the place they were probably hard to come by and Shinjiro might need them more than be did. )

I can see where you're coming from. For me - I'm gonna try and be a bit more optimistic. If I'm dead at least something is happening, yeah? Like we're not just...in the ground.