No doubt he's done nothing that would dissuade you of that. He's as stubborn as [you are] an ox in that regard.

[Motochika unfolds his arms and places his hands on his hips instead, so he can more easily look up at the sky in exasperation.]

He wants peace and it wants it made by his own hand. If he could gain it through regaining your friendship, he would do so, but he's no doubt gotten it into his head that he can't and so he's decided the quickest way to get what he wants is to fight you for control of the land. He's a good lad, truly, and his heart is in the right place, but his eyes are a bit too fixed on that goal of his.