“IF YOU WISH TO ADHERE TO YOUR OWN WISHES, THEN GAIN THE STRENGTH TO DO SO. BUT WHEN YOU FACE THE ENEMY, YOU MUST WIN NO MATTER THE COST. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW THE PROPER ORDER OF THINGS.”
“I HAVE NOT THROWN MY LIFE AWAY. I HAVE MERELY GAMBLED IT. GENRYŪSAI-DONO GAMBLED HIS OWN LIFE ON THIS BATTLE. I SEE NO REASON WHY I SHOULD NOT DO THE SAME. FROM THE MOMENT I SET FOOT ON THIS BATTLEFIELD, I HAD ALREADY LEFT MY LIFE BEHIND!”
