Juubei lay under the quilt and coughed.
"Drink this," Toshiki said, passing the tea. "And how did you get a cold, anyhow? It's the middle of summer."
"Probably while I was standing under the waterfall," Juubei grunted.
"Ah." Toshiki nodded. "Training. We must guard Kazuki well --"
"No. It was training for Makubex."
"Similar, surely?"
"It was to make him laugh. I stood under the waterfall and meditated upon humour. I recited jokes to myself as the cold water beat down on me."
"Did it work?" Toshiki asked, when he was again capable of speech.
"Yes. I feel funnier already."
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