[ He staggers against the counter, trying to strike some sort of 'cool guy pose' as he flicks his fingers towards Douman. Finger guns, hey there. Time to salvage his rep. ]

— is there anybody in the realm of spiritualism and the occult that wouldn't know you? Ashiya Douman, a figure both known and unknown. Everyone knows you were real, but so much about you is a mystery! I didn't realize you'd look so uh,

[ Indecent? ]

Eccentric! And handsome! And frightening, but then again anyone who rivaled Abe no Seimei's got to be a hell of a striking guy in all ways! How would someone from the Heian period end up here, anyways? What a power that Yima's got, if she's able to fish you out of the Heian and me from an era a thousand years into your future!