A fan does not swear fealty. They do not pledge their life. What Lord Hideyoshi meant to me was more than a fan's distant admiration. I... was heir to his lordship!

These things cannot be compared!

[...If he were in a gloomier mood he might have instead taken this as an opportunity to just start ranting about how much he'd prefer to not have emotions at all. Perhaps we should be thankful this is what he's decided to talk about.]

You are the strange one to think them alike.