[Even just a pat on the shoulder is the kind of thing he might take anyone else's arms off for...but even if she's not his Kondou, she's still a Kondou, and the similarities are enough that even if he isn't about to go right out the gate treating her the same way...well, he's much more favorably inclined towards her than he would be to anyone else off the street, that much is for sure.]

They're pretty average, as opponents. Everyone in this camp I've seen in action is worth a hundred of them, easy.

[He shakes his head.]

There are just too goddamned many of them.