[ With an amused huff, ] Hoh? You wouldn't expect such a thing from him? The conniving, insolent, frightful Abe no Seimei? Perhaps you are.

[ He stops barely arm's length from Nurarihyon, amusement steadily fading. No doubt they could go back and forth with banter until the sun went down, but he's here for a reason. ]

Or perhaps you never knew him to begin with. Which begs the question of what right you have to invoke the name of Ashiya Douman.