Oh. The mission. Itachi wondered when people were going to stop apologizing to him for that.
I should apologize for bringing two A-class missing-nin to your fight. Itachi thought of countering, then sighed. "It's not needed. I brought my own fight into your mission, and things went haywire. We all made some kind of mistake, but avoiding people and apologizing fixes none of what happened."
Itachi flexed his hands. "No one died. No one was taken prisoner. All the injuries were ones that could be healed. Missions hardly ever go as planned, and sometimes they blow up in your face. When that happens, your duty and goal is to get everyone of your team out alive, and you all did that.
"If you use this as a incentive to get better, all the better, but no matter how good you are, things like this will happen. Jounin, ANBU, Hokage--they all make mistakes or are misinformed." Itachi didn't think coddling her would help anything. "If you ever expect to get beyond Chuunin, or even lead a squad, you're going to have to use these experiences instead of letting them drag you down. Acknowledge what went wrong and how you could have acted differently and use that to get stronger without wallowing in self pity or guilt." Itachi thought he had made his point and then some, probably. This was why he didn't want to teach. Speeches were not his thing.
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I should apologize for bringing two A-class missing-nin to your fight. Itachi thought of countering, then sighed. "It's not needed. I brought my own fight into your mission, and things went haywire. We all made some kind of mistake, but avoiding people and apologizing fixes none of what happened."
Itachi flexed his hands. "No one died. No one was taken prisoner. All the injuries were ones that could be healed. Missions hardly ever go as planned, and sometimes they blow up in your face. When that happens, your duty and goal is to get everyone of your team out alive, and you all did that.
"If you use this as a incentive to get better, all the better, but no matter how good you are, things like this will happen. Jounin, ANBU, Hokage--they all make mistakes or are misinformed." Itachi didn't think coddling her would help anything. "If you ever expect to get beyond Chuunin, or even lead a squad, you're going to have to use these experiences instead of letting them drag you down. Acknowledge what went wrong and how you could have acted differently and use that to get stronger without wallowing in self pity or guilt." Itachi thought he had made his point and then some, probably. This was why he didn't want to teach. Speeches were not his thing.