"Come off it. You're acting like you paid me--I did you a favor. Don't blame this on me."

It's the second part that really gets his hackles up. 'Inferior' by itself is about enough to make Firo want to slug Sato, and he clenches both fists as he tries to hold back. "So? You needed me to make you come back--so I'd say that puts us about even for what we can do as immortals."

Is insulting his immortality supposed to be some kind of threat? It was a long time ago, but Firo still remembers the time Sato did cut off his head. There wasn't any warning then, Sato's tone and expression just as mild as they are now.

"Where the hell's all this coming from?"