She bit down on her lower lip, still refusing to back away or break her gaze. Was he talking about his own experiences? She knew the village had its own skeletons in the closet and war brought all sorts of untold horrors. But they weren't in a war time and Konoha was changing.

"If that's what you went through when you grew up, I'm honestly sorry. I can't say I had a worse time, because it's not true and I'm not here to compare who had the worse life. What I will tell you is that every village has its darker side. The higher ups had an evil demon sealed in me when I was eight and still new to the village. I would've been angry and bitter towards them forever if I hadn't been given important advice first. And now, years later, the village is still changing under its new Hokage, snd it's changing for the better. I can tell you without a shred of doubt, Yondaime wouldn't stand for innocent civilians becoming casualties."