[It may have sounded like an oink, but let's not focus on that!! (And Levi, your feelings are absolutely #valid, especially since Hijikata would act on the same reasoning. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.)]
I don't like you either, but you don't see me burning you just because you're talking shit!!
[Granted, being burned is kind of worse than being drenched, but he has no water magic! Being turned into a wet pig in public is really doing a number on his pride (which is already damaged enough from the Gorgon disaster)... he wants to retaliate, but he can't really afford to draw more negative attention to himself right now. He's already lucky that his boss granted him leave time while he sorts his life out!
But then he remembers something.]
You still owe me a duel, do you remember that?
[After their disastrous first meeting he suggested a rematch in the coliseum once Levi's injuries have healed sufficiently! Wouldn't now be a good time? Or, if not now, then soonish! Levi clearly isn't back at 100% yet, but isn't all the shame and misfortune bogging Hijikata down roughly an equal handicap?]
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I don't like you either, but you don't see me burning you just because you're talking shit!!
[Granted, being burned is kind of worse than being drenched, but he has no water magic! Being turned into a wet pig in public is really doing a number on his pride (which is already damaged enough from the Gorgon disaster)... he wants to retaliate, but he can't really afford to draw more negative attention to himself right now. He's already lucky that his boss granted him leave time while he sorts his life out!
But then he remembers something.]
You still owe me a duel, do you remember that?
[After their disastrous first meeting he suggested a rematch in the coliseum once Levi's injuries have healed sufficiently! Wouldn't now be a good time? Or, if not now, then soonish! Levi clearly isn't back at 100% yet, but isn't all the shame and misfortune bogging Hijikata down roughly an equal handicap?]