[ Chozen shrugs easily at Mob's qualification, following the boy's lead on continued minimization of their situation. It is most unfortunate, but they seem to have the solution well in hand - well enough that a judicious application of small talk seems called for. ]

Those are very important fundamentals of Miyagi-do - repetition and patience!

[ It also doesn't hurt to support a fellow sensei's teaching methods. It certainly beats out punching sand or defrauding farmers. ]

And now we have a memorable story of how we met, Kageyama-san. [ Perhaps he will use the boy's nickname in time, but not on a first meeting. ] You saved a lost old man from drowning on dry land. We will have to tell your sensei all about it. I'm sure he will be pleased.

[ Is that exactly what happened? Not really, but close enough, in his opinion. ]