??? What is this hesitation about, Tonbo!!!!!!!!!! Iwatooshi is an old soul, he's every much a jiji as Mikazuki is...

Which means that he sometimes doesn't choose his words very wisely (or, well, he doesn't think to choose them so delicately). As much as he knows how to read the atmosphere, he is, after all, Musashibou Benkei's naginata.

"Hm? Ah, was your previous master the last one to stroke you properly?"

So, so earnestly....................... he means well...............