Gai slowly scooted closer to Obito's side, abandoning his own insecurities for the moment, though unsure what words to offer. Obito sounded like Kakashi in that moment, deeply bitter with a growing darkness, though more emotional and slightly less empty.

"You shocked him, not bludgeoned him. It hit here," Gai pointed to his heart, then, pointing to his own head, "not here. Like a defibrillator. You brought his heart back up to speed." He shrugged. "...I do not know if it matters how much he talks to me if he never listens to me. He listened to you."