His ears turn faintly pink, and The Shadow is deeply grateful that Ichi can't see it. "She's an agent, and she's young enough to be my daughter." He winces, then, doing the math. "Possibly grand-daughter. I've never allowed myself that kind of distraction, no." The hints of embarrassment in his voice are very subtle indeed, but someone with Ichi's skill just may detect it.

"And it was only the once, and I apologized, didn't I?" A grumpy retort is an easy defense to slide into, and he hopes it will distract Ichi from further conversation about Myra, or his lack of a love-life in general.