[He's just going to smile and nod at the soldier thing...no no no he does not want to do that, he is perfectly happy cleaning and cooking and gardening. Sparring is fine, and heck fighting is fine when necessary but not as a solider-!]

You want to hear a joke? Well...I can't say I know too many, but how about story instead? I've got a good one.

[He smiles and sets his arms akimbo, only leaving the position to use his hands to speak.]

I was once wandering down the road towards Inazuma City, and I noticed a hawk diving at me suddenly. I had to use my spear to block it, but I accidentally hit it so it flipped right over the top of me and backwards right into a Tenryou Commission samurai that had been traveling back to the city not too far behind me. It must of hit him because I heard him cry out in surprise, and he ran up to me to stop me. I asked him if he was okay, and thankfully he said yes, but he was going to make a formal complaint about me! When I asked why, all he said was...

[Thoma pauses only briefly, for dramatic effect:]

Well, you flipped me the bird.

[He grins at the Harbinger. Ah? Get it???]