As if Kiri would let me in now. You've got friends in high places, so you can go home after some time, but don't forget that I'm a rogue ninja in my village, as well... I'm after my brother's sword, to boot, and Choujuurou's got it. There's no way the Mizukage would accept that...
Any other village— well, I don't know.
(looks like he has been giving it quite a bit of thought, while refusing to share any details with sasuke. his musings aren't much of a concern. but where do you go when you have nowhere to go? all of his brother's contacts are dead, now, and all that's familiar to him is the nightmare he left behind:
serving orochimaru in some pit again, optimistically on the same side of the glass this time.)
[ Friends in high places... How laughable that would've been to think years ago but who could've predicted how their lives had changed? So many times he thought his destiny was set in stone, but maybe the greatest illusion the whole time was that he didn't have a choice. He does. Suigetsu does too, doesn't he? ]
Choujuurou? [ A pause. ] Ah, that kid. [ Meeting him had been a bit of a blur, in fairness. ]
A lot of things are shifting now, for all of us. The villages are beginning to recognize their own veins of instability... I wouldn't count anything out, whether me saying it is "funny" or not.
What else am I gonna do? Come up with a new plan for myself in five minutes?
(getting a little defensive about it, but — to him, he just woke up. he hasn't had time to think about the battlefield or what's happened or what to do after. this confusion is a heavy weight on his shoulders. their shoulders.
he's thankful, at least, that sasuke's willing to drop it.)
(if him following sasuke blindly without purpose isn't a testament to their daily lives as a team back home, i don't know what is. and it was accidental.)
Right...
(walks in silence for a full thirty seconds.)
You wanna go to the Atrium and look at the creepy alien fish?
[ The silence is comfortable for him, becoming accustomed to it at a young age and his defense mechanism had been to consciously choose it for himself. Suigetsu's had been to chatter back at nothingness. In a way, he's glad for that. ]
Not really. [ So he says as they exit the elevator... and he takes a left, towards the atrium. ]
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I'm probably already getting wrinkles. My hair's gonna go white.
(SIDE-EYES...)
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(i wish this was him being patronizing, but he really thinks sasuke understood... just didn't laugh...
supports his choice to stay aloof.)
I wonder what you'd look like as an old man with white hair, hahaha. I'm imagining it and it's the worst.
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... I never thought about it. I don't expect to get that old.
For you, though, I guess the differences will be minimal.
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(throwing his hands up behind his head, strolling along comfortably.)
Maybe it just takes a lot time, or maybe I dry up like a raisin.
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If you make changes in your life you may live long enough to find out. I doubt it, though.
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Though I wonder who exactly you mean, if it's not you. (WRY)
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(chuckling now, a bit madly. at least they're having fun.)
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[ There's no matching laugh but this falls under the purview of what little sense of humor he has. ]
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(it's funny in and out of context... now he's shaking his head.)
That's terrible advice, Sasukeee.
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If you want a serious answer... associate less with rogue ninja. Re-establish a base for yourself in one of the villages instead. You'd be safer.
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Any other village— well, I don't know.
(looks like he has been giving it quite a bit of thought, while refusing to share any details with sasuke. his musings aren't much of a concern. but where do you go when you have nowhere to go? all of his brother's contacts are dead, now, and all that's familiar to him is the nightmare he left behind:
serving orochimaru in some pit again, optimistically on the same side of the glass this time.)
But you telling me to change is pretty funny.
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Choujuurou? [ A pause. ] Ah, that kid. [ Meeting him had been a bit of a blur, in fairness. ]
A lot of things are shifting now, for all of us. The villages are beginning to recognize their own veins of instability... I wouldn't count anything out, whether me saying it is "funny" or not.
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("i have no clue what i'm going to do". mangetsu always knew.)
We've got time enough to take it easier.
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[ It's been a hard time lately, though, for all of them. ] ... fine. Expect me to bring it up later instead.
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(getting a little defensive about it, but — to him, he just woke up. he hasn't had time to think about the battlefield or what's happened or what to do after. this confusion is a heavy weight on his shoulders. their shoulders.
he's thankful, at least, that sasuke's willing to drop it.)
...
Where are we going again?
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I don't care to sit still for as long as you do, but now you're at least getting more exercise.
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Right...
(walks in silence for a full thirty seconds.)
You wanna go to the Atrium and look at the creepy alien fish?
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Not really. [ So he says as they exit the elevator... and he takes a left, towards the atrium. ]
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