"It's not a country I ever visited." It had been destroyed before he even knew about it in fact, but he wasn't about to share that detail, instead just watching her, coming to a halt directly in front of her as he studied her, intent.

"And you come here... on behalf of Konoha." There was something dark in his voice as his gaze flicked to the hitai-ate. Bitterness, more, and then he looked back to her face.