"It wasn't just the student thing, though... I've suspected there was something on that front for a while. No, it was the mission thing. You can't up and hide things from me Shisui. Not international things when the alliance is so..." He paused, unable to articulate that heavy sense that something was wrong with it, when it seemed like it was perfect. "When the smaller countries are acting so strangely."

"What do you think I'm going to do? I don't punish people for things that need to happen if I can avoid it, and I don't like that you put me at risk of having to do so. Or worse, compromised the village by keeping the information when they apparently weren't going to give it to me. It could have become leverage to get you killed." He turned a glare on him for that, then drew a deep breath and looked away, calming himself.

"If you consider me closer than most, I'd love to know how you view other people, because I may fumble with you, but I honestly get the impression that you're happy not knowing me at all. If I pester you, it's because it gets me better results than anything else I've tried."