"That's the one," Akira confirms. "He's been a pirate longer than I have, though by how much, I'm not sure. Either way, he helped train me when I joined the crew. I used to say he'd mastered all the 'S'-es: swordplay, sailing, and shooting."

There's just the slightest hesitation before "shooting," as if it were a hasty substitution for something else.

"I can't say I was expecting you to know him; my Akechi hasn't met him yet. What is he like in your world? How is it that you two met?"