"Indeed." Sengoku nods. "I'm a man of action, not particularly one of words, so I'll talk to you plainly. I'd like to have you on my side when war does come. I've tried to make for peace, but the dowager will seemingly be satisfied with nothing but my surrender, and has poisoned the minds of many, claiming that I'm power hungry, and a would-be tyrant. I'm neither, but I've fought too hard, and too long, to let someone else take full control of the empire. Until the emperor comes into his own, I'm staying." He sighs. "I'll ask nothing substantial of you now, but if there were ways in which you could aid my cause, could I count on you?"