It could be the lack of entertainment is an attempt to see how long we'll all be content to work together. A social experiment, of sorts.

[Akechi mentions it carelessly, just a casual thought he's not expecting the others to listen to or take seriously. There's no evidence one way or another after all, and it's one of the more outlandish theories. Just something to think about.

He finishes tugging the cloth off the blade and looks over it carefully, removing threads by hand that had been caught on its jagged edges and inspecting it for damage.]