"Ah, of course you are." Oh, well. Life goes on, doesn't it? His mouth pulls a little at the corners, in a shadow of its usual smile; he starts slowly walking again. Did Crow ever mention his Yoshizawa? The answer is that he did, but Sparrow doesn't remember it.

"That sounds an awful lot like I've been the topic of discussion? I won't hold it against you. It was slow here, the way I remember it."