[ He may have started it (or more like rolled it off the tracks entirely), but Hikage seems to have underestimated this whole pickle business. There's still a smile on his lips despite the bemusement that's in the air, because why wouldn't there be? ]

Right. Tsukemono though...we'd have to find an izakaya for that. [ Obviously he was speaking to the western pickle and not japanese pickled vegetables you find offered as otsumami. Obviously. The rest though...he might be leaning into his smile and the bar now for different reasons. ]

I don't really need to worry about vitality. That's generous of you though—I guess I should return that generosity some time, I do owe you a serenade. And a few other things.