[ he watches with unabashed interest as the drawing takes shape, and dissolves into snorts of laughter once he realises what the non-smoking-pipe additions are adding up to, 'cause, wow, Okuni. wow. ]

Oh I see, you're a true artiste! Even adding hidden messages in your work. [ messages that he will blithely ignore! for the moment at least. ] That looks kinda elaborate, actually, I've never seen one like that before. Are they always that long?