"I know the feeling, but the one that'd be acting like a mother hen isn't here in my case." Not that he minded Kojuro being around, but sometimes he had a habit of being a bit overbearing at times, even after Masamune had left for college. Hell, if Kojuro was here, he wasn't sure how the older man that was his caretaker for the last few years would even react to it all, let alone the fact that his charge was taking swordfighting lessons from someone who admitted to have actually killed before.

He's ready to counter the blow, but the shift in direction is too fast for his reflexes to catch up to at this point, and there's a red line that appears on his arms from it, causing him to drop Kagehide with a pained gasp, though he's going to force himself to move past the pain and pick up the sword again.