Heiji's face had turned a little red. "Well, we're definitely not like the Americans. I mean, they say 'I love you' at the drop of a hat, pretty much. And they're pretty loud about stuff."

He listened to Hershel, but then shook his head. "I don't think he'd live in that kinda situation unless there were things he liked about it. Taking care of the people younger than you, taking responsibility for your decisions, making gambles every once in a while... There's a pretty big sense of camaraderie, too. Assumin' he was some kind of gangster."