Obligingly, he pours an equal measure into Ichi's tumbler as he did his own. The glass is heavy and solid, roughly twice the size of the sake cups. As he pours there is a slow release of breath, and he winces as a soft wheeze betrays his relief.

"It would mean a great deal to me not to have you feel beholden." While he has not lied, his speech was deliberately intended to turn the situation to an angle where Ichi will not feel there's a debt to be paid. From the swordsman's expression he knows he was not entirely successful in that.