A quick wit. A confident stride. A calm composure (mostly). These were traits that Shigeo associated with Reigen. He yearned for even a small portion of any of these traits for himself - maybe with these, he could even learn to get a clue. For now though, he did what he could and soaked in all he was taught, taking every lesson well to heart. Yet a small part of him still wanted more, so he decided to put more thought and effort into it.

All of the traits he'd thought of before were, naturally, things that couldn't really be taught. Rather, they were gained over time with experience, something Shigeo thought he himself sorely lacked. What other traits or mannerisms could he learn from him just by watching?

Reigen is a good person, but he already knew that. He's very sensitive to hot food - that wasn't exactly an admirable trait, but it's a trait nonetheless. He threw salt around a lot, too… it sounded messy to him, so he decided not to try that.

But on that note, he was constantly in motion, always gesturing with the entirety of his being, as if speaking with both his voice and body at the same time. His hands were most always emphasizing his words, and somehow that made what he was saying much stronger.

How strange.

Maybe he could try starting there. Moving, itself, wasn't so tough, but to move like Reigen required a level of energy that Shigeo didn't think he had attained just yet. His hands, however, were a different story. It would be easiest to try simple gestures, or even the tiniest of movements to add a little more to the words he spoke.

Of course, this didn't work out so well in his favor, as he tried moving his hands while talking with Ritsu once, but it only served to confuse his brother and embarrass himself.

"...Niisan, what're you doing with your hands?"

"Ah, um… n-nothing."

So that didn't go as he'd hoped it would. He'd have to pay closer attention to his master, then - t was almost like learning a new language in that regard. Aside from all of that, though, not all of Reigen's hand gestures had the same kind of rhythm, he noticed. Sometimes, he would move a hand in a rather sporadic manner before pointing somewhere or giving a hearty thumbs-up. That shouldn't be TOO hard to try, right?

As it turned out, yes, it was too hard to try, and he ended up slapping himself in the face ungracefully. Thankfully, he'd tried it out in the privacy of his bedroom this time, but he was still embarrassed by the outcome all the same.

So now he had to pay attention to two different things: both the orderly and the unorderly gesticulations that his master used like second-nature. If asked, Shigeo was willing to bet that Reigen wasn't even aware he was doing it half the time. And he, on the other hand (no pun intended), had to put in so much focus to make it work.

Chalk it up to another reason why Reigen was his master. He was just that amazing.

A couple weeks had passed by this time, and Shigeo had practiced his hand gestures whenever he could. It was just so bizarre, but he was determined not to give up just yet. To have an interesting and unique trait like that become almost natural to him… it was strange, but he wanted it more than anything right now. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize he hadn't been paying attention until Reigen called out to him.

"Mob! Which way did the spirit go?"

Without a second thought, his hand moved about in a rapid fashion (not unlike his master's own movements) before he pointed ahead of them.

"It went that way."

He was met with silence, and he turned to see Reigen staring back, awestruck.

"Master?"

"Mob, I am so proud of you right now!"

"Wh…"

Shigeo was confused for a moment until he realized what exactly he had just done. He remained quite pleased with himself even long after the job was over.

He had no doubts that, at this rate, he too would be walking with confidence in no time.