[There isn't a single step in his gait that betrays his reaction to those words, but he does slide his eyes over to Hanbei with less cheer than there was before.]

Really...[His smile tilts on the edge of enigmatic, perhaps a little faint as he looks back ahead towards the road.] Well, I suppose that's another thing about legends, right? They always want to be believed. Without someone to believe in them, someone to know their stories...

Ahaha, it is as I told my brother just this morning! [Before he pummeled him. Tenka reaches out, boldly- and drapes a hand over Hanbei's shoulder before briefly leaning in.]

People are beings that live and grow. If the same can be said for legends, then perhaps they're already walking among us...right?

[The sudden whinnying of a horse snaps his attention back to earth.] Ah! Those must be your men!