Sighing. So much sighing. It's the only way he can excuse himself from having to look at Obito, lowering his gaze instead and biting on his lower lip. Don't cry, damnit!

"Yeah, so? You were family. You were a citizen of Konoha. I didn't see why you should have been left behind. Even if you were dead..." His words grew quiet then. "We don't desert our comrades."