[ his wording there makes Hikage's eyes narrow into thin slits, irritated, perhaps envious, and the temptation to lash out rises quickly like bile in his throat, but he doesn't. He should have left his frustration and denial about his current state of being in the distant past. ]
... So you actually have a life you want to return to.
[ what he wouldn't give to have his witch eye back, to peer into Akechi's heart and steal his secrets to use against him - but for now, he can't. He'll merely have to stew in his surprise. No one with a happy life wears a mask like that. ]
This doesn't matter. [ a beat. ] I have a new objective.
[narrator voice] akechi was not fine
... So you actually have a life you want to return to.
[ what he wouldn't give to have his witch eye back, to peer into Akechi's heart and steal his secrets to use against him - but for now, he can't. He'll merely have to stew in his surprise. No one with a happy life wears a mask like that. ]
This doesn't matter. [ a beat. ] I have a new objective.