"Of course it is, I give extremely good advice!" Which was true, he just didn't usually bother to explain what the advice meant, leaving it up to the listener to figure out if he was trolling them or if there was a deeper meaning... or both. Buddhist.

"Plus, if they go all red and spooky when you take a fight seriously, that's a tip-off, at least if what you're fighting is smart! You don't want them to know you're not just just a plain human until you actually attack, right? Not everything can sense an aura."

The glowing was interesting, too.

"Glowing--? Besides keeping your secret a secret, what if you need to sneak up on something? I think your best bet is to just embrace looking cool and get some 'shades for fighting!"

Or master the perpetual squint, like Koumyou himself, but the kid had plenty of other things to master.