[Rain nods. It does fit - it feels even more comfortable to him than the name Susumu. Perhaps he'll start going by it. But that thought can wait; there's more to the memory, and Okita should probably hear it. He continues.]

You were also there. We were preparing for battle, by the sound of it. There were thirty-four Shinsengumi soldiers, and roughly forty of the enemy hidden in the city, and it was ultimately decided that we would not wait for reinforcements from Aizu. [And Rain has to wonder just how that worked out for them... he advocated waiting, after all.]