"Neither!" Kurogane snapped. He seemed about ready to settle into a full-blown sulk... not that he'd ever call it that. He was just brooding. In a manly, ninja-like way.

Well, okay, so maybe he didn't need to brood so much. "...That might work," he allowed quietly, but from the way he squeezed back there was no 'might' involved. "Better'n th' others.