There was a certain temptation to turn his head and smile at the man, at that. Mikado ignored it, because he was trying to make a more honest connection. There wasn't any need for the violence he'd acted out before leaving his own world: this man had done nothing to deserve either pain or lies from him.

"I know there are. That's the kind of thing you'll find anywhere. But it's better not to be so surrounded by it that you forget to be careful, don't you think?"