[He starts to look over when she says she understands. How can she possibly...?

But that tone of voice she's got strikes a chord with him. It's reminiscent of Yaone - someone both delicate and feminine, yet driven in the same way that he won't be dissuaded from his own 'mission'.]

If that's what you wish, then I won't turn you away.

[He does offer her his hand - up in greeting rather than a handshake.]

At least tell me your name, young lady. Mine's Dokugakuji - a swordsman for Prince Kougaiji.

[The nostalgia trip is the reason he's falling back on his 'normal' epithet of introduction he was used to up until recently.]