Itou had been getting so accustomed to her sass that the change surprised him quite a bit, making him blink behind his glasses. He didn't think such behaviour had a place with her, given all the toughness she'd been attempting to exhibit since they met a while ago.

"You're more fortunate than most. The only way to keep an edge in a rapidly progressive world is to keep up with developments and new ways of doing things, after all," he remarked diplomatically in an attempt to reassure her. Even if he was used to scaring people where he was from with presence alone, he hadn't exactly been doing anything here but sit on a table. He didn't really like unexpected things.

Still, it was best to clear things up. "Where I'm from, foreign creatures from other planets -- other worlds, practically -- took over Edo and our government. We lost the war and the Shinsengumi is the force that quells rebellion from overthrowing the aliens from the country. The technology we employ there now is even more advance than this world, though of course, our people have kept their traditions in many ways." Japan was good at that, at any rate, adopting the things that they liked from other cultures and making it suit their own.