"I've never thought you hated me. I've never thought you felt you were better than me either." He lifted his chin, looking sideways at him. "I just feel like you don't trust me, and apparently, to some degree that's true, if you're with holding such important information from me. Not even from me personally, but from me as Hokage."

He looked forward again, shaking his head. His voice got quieter. "But that isn't the point Shisui. I've always gotten the impression that you dislike me. I grate on you. You go out of your way to avoid me. If that's not the case you've given a fairly good facsimile. And honestly, I understand. I've never been close to anyone in the clan except maybe Itachi and Sasuke, really, as you are. You may have moved away from them but you never ran. It's too much to expect you to act any way other than the way you do. But please, Shisui, could you not extend it past the personal and into the professional too?"