Oh, what a good tactic that is, even if Buttercup isn't perhaps aware of its ramifications to the Sanzo. Him being a risk she's willing to take, and all. It acknowledges he is one, even if she might not be aware of all the reasons.

"Well," Koumyou lifts his tea and takes a sip, with the hand not holding his long, elegant pipe. "I suppose there's nothing stopping us from choosing to be father and daughter, then."

Although, she had gone out of her way to make it known just who she is, and has been, and why. Koumyou realizes he should perhaps do something of the same, so she knows what she's signing up for as a parent, here. If they do this.

But he has no idea what to even make known. Perhaps that in itself is a start.

"I think it's only fair I lay out some details of myself as well. I know I'm... aloof, often. Hard to know? Distant. It's not something I usually try to do anything about, anymore."

The moon is the moon, after all.

"So if there's anything you want to know, whether now or later, just ask. I won't be offended."