Heiji seemed at first surprised, then a little embarrassed. He did his best to conceal how pleased he was by the compliment, but he was honestly kind of bad at it. "W-well, of course! If you're gonna be runnin' around picking fights with that Cape buffalo..."

"Anyway, I hope ya didn't forget what I told you before. I'm going to do my best and get you outta here. So don't keel over before then, got it?"