[ why was that also such a painfully ... older thing to say. yoshida doesn't exactly think this, but when the other man speaks, he almost feels like he's talking to kishibe or something and that kind of sticks with him. maybe all old-timers had the same vibes? ] They say don't knock it til you try it.

[ he says this as if he's made some grand joke....

but, as quickly as it comes, he dissolves back to the next subject, whatever small inkling of humor he may have had in those words dying done just as quickly as it came. ] The last time I had dinner, I paid...

I would argue they were only there for the food. [ but, it's not like he's going to discount an attempt at advice, even if it felt far from applicable from the life he's inevitably led thus far. ] Are you going to suggest something for me?