[ Sasuke's shoulder ease up and gives a lopsided, unguarded smile. Even with the disappearance and being saddled with a snake brat, Sasuke finds that he still trusts Kojuro. It's a plus that he's from a different timeline or however it was explained. They don't have to worry about being enemies on the battlefield, and this Kojuro can be privy to details he wouldn't otherwise share with him. (Sure it gives Kojuro potential fodder for the Sasuke of his timeline, but that's other Sasuke and not him.) ]

I can forgive you this one time for up and leaving the alliance, but I won't forgive you for finding a cherry tree before I did. I was trying to surprise you with one, you know. I knew a young lady who used her powers to help them grow and everything.

[ He just needed a cherry pit for her to use and grow. He hopes Martel is doing all right. He... hopes a lot people are doing well.

Except Pierre. To hell with that guy.

But on the topic of songs, Sasuke mentally goes through a few of them. He has a few songs in mind. None of them are fully apt for the time period, but this is also SenBasa that has its own mix of time and space. He's not sure how well Kojuro would be able to follow along with his flute (though one does have a flute in the instrumentals), but he has faith (what a strange thing to have) that Kojuro could figure something out. There are some that could better have a flute. And then of course this classic. ]