[Ninjas are immune to puppy dog eyes, of course. Mostly. Souji just gets a slightly-raised eyebrow in return.]

You'd rather I lie to my master?

[...Okay, that was probably a dumb question, and Susumu realizes it as soon as the words are out of his mouth. He suspects that Souji would prefer for him to lie, at least sometimes. But that won't be happening - Susumu's loyalty lies with Hijikata-san first and foremost.]

[That doesn't mean he always needs to tell the man the whole truth, of course...]