The meaning fits with a cup of tea

Some can only believe in lies. Some, only in truth. There are some, however, who can read between the lines and it is between these lines that one finds real budo. If you can wait long enough for your opponent's truth to come true, then they will belatedly discover that they have deceived themselves.

- The Art of Life and Death, Lessons in Budo from a Ninja Master, Sleiman Azizi and Daniel Fletcher

a lonley warrior or a new tea guest?