[ he's actually kind of surprised that sadamune manages to hang on. after all, tsurumaru sort of expected him to just... fall back down? but what matters is that he's up there now, and tsurumaru will even give him a little wave from the ground. ]

Of course it was! Thanks for playing along.

[ as for what he wants sadamune to do, however — his plans certainly didn't end at "stick innocent tantou in tree". ]

Can you pull yourself up onto the branch? That way, you can just drop the chestnuts as you find them, and I'll catch them in our basket.

[ which is currently laying on the ground next to him, sad and chestnut-less. ]