[ . . . and higekiri just shakes his head at that.]

You say it often because your heart is good. Because you carry the burden of responsibility so seriously, and because you endeavor to fulfill your purpose. It is... difficult, no? When we do not quite live up to our names.

[he knows - to a degree. how can he be onikiri when he's failed to cut a single demon in a month's time?]

If it is what you feel - I do not mind.

I only insist that you allow us to both share the weight together, rather than to feel it all on your own.