His head tilts, not from confusion but from concentration. He applies his will the same as he might when he focuses on his work as a masseur. Dice are meant to bring pleasure, after all, and he wasn't going to use his warrior's spirit to try and bring them into being.

In his hand faint, uncolored boxes appear, half-existing and not really there, but Zatoichi is trying. While he can feel them, he certainly doesn't have the skill of Bending yet to make them tangible to anyone else.