[ Autumn is generally a rather pretty month, despite the weather growing colder -and the fact that clothing is an option, not a necessity- but when yard work falls to him for any reason, suddenly the reds and oranges look less warm and more like a bright pit of frigid hell. Shinpachi had skipped out on them as per the norm, though how he'd done it, Sano didn't know. If he did, he'd have gone, too, and left it all to Heisuke (sorry, little buddy!).

Instead of leaning on his broom and whining about it like his pint-sized companion, though, Sano hasn't even bothered getting up, still sitting on the stairs and trying to ignore the fact that yes, it's a wee bit chilly. Let's face it, putting these two in charge is a bad idea and this will probably never get done. ]

If you swept as much as you complain about sweeping, this would be already be finished.

[ Please note, he didn't include himself in this equation.

But unlike all good things, his 'break time' has to come to an end sooner or later, and so he gets to his feet and picks up his own broom before stopping to survey the damage. ]

Maybe we should each start on opposite sides and meet in the middle. I'll take this corner here, [ And yes, he means corner because it's a small area with fewer leaves. ] and you can take that side.