[Kaoru may be a shithead, but he's a shithead that did them a favor by getting rid of the members of the Nagumo bloodline... When you think about it that way, demon society as a whole really does owe him quite a lot. It's a shame that other demons can be shitheads too and probably won't thank him, since he bears the Nagumo name.]

You've been making good progress in that regard. [Good enough progress, anyway - in that her information network hasn't caught him doing anything super shady. They've been somewhat focused on little things like getting her back from Sendai and helping to ferret out human threats to the Imperial Court as of late, though. Everyone's spread a little thin with the recent goings-on.

...she has to bite her lip to keep from laughing at his observation.]

His big mouth and his big ego, [She agrees.] It's always a shame when someone has that kind of potential but fails to live up to it, is it not?

[Yeah. Such a shame.]