uh, scuse me sir, do you have a moment for our lord and savior?

There was much to be done, injuries needed to be tended to and then there was the clean-up. Ugh, it made Hattori grimace just thinking about it. But when he heard a call for him at the border he did not hesitate to heed it, moving quickly despite the deep-seated ache in his bones. Fresh cuts and abrasions apparent but ignored on his form as he shouldered his way through the bamboo, taking a shortcut he usually avoided not to trample newer growth. He was tired and not in a particularly good mood by the time he arrived at the edge of his territory, familiar enough but not someone he had been chomping at the bit to see again.

"What?" Was all he said, feeling his age for once.