[ Dojima's not surprised by the response. Typical of someone trying to seem strong when they don't know what actual strength is. He's seen it plenty of times with punks in Inaba... Kanji comes to mind, though Kanji at least Dojima always knew was a good kid at heart, trying to protect his mom. Hyde... doesn't have that thing grounding him, which makes him less predictable in a way. ]

Freedom can be stressful too, when you've got too much of it. Humans tend to need a balance of both freedom and order to do well. Even you've given yourself some structure with your tavern, right? You want to take care of it, because it's yours alone, so you can't just set fire to it or bust it down entirely on a whim.