Had they been getting strange looks from villagers as they walked? She'd learned long ago how to tune out and ignore the looks of villagers who disapproved of her. She'd been surrounded in children who didn't think she was worthy of being a shinobi, even if she'd avoided direct opportunities for them to mock her, they'd done their best to indicate their disapproval in other ways as well. For the most part, when not in a dangerous situation, avoiding those looks was automatic to her now.
If he wanted to find indications of where and what he should talk about by looking to her, he'd find...nothing. Other than perhaps three people and her parents, Sakura didn't really discuss anything at length that wasn't at least tangentially related to shinobi life and work. Speaking about the Chuunin exams seemed more natural to her than...whatever else she should have been expected to discuss with him.
"She's old enough to make it through on her first attempt. I became Chuunin on my first attempt at about her age, as well. As long as her sensei is good, she shouldn't find it difficult to succeed." After all, Chuunin exams didn't usually hide anything that would trip up first timers, unless they were genin that weren't yet prepared to be Chuunin. That was her belief, anyway. "I have faith in her ability to keep her fellow genin intact during the first phases of the exam." The other two she doubted were ready to pass the final phase of the exam, but a person properly ready to be Chuunin could pass the exam even with two supporting teammates who weren't. "Amegakure has genin ready for the exams?"
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If he wanted to find indications of where and what he should talk about by looking to her, he'd find...nothing. Other than perhaps three people and her parents, Sakura didn't really discuss anything at length that wasn't at least tangentially related to shinobi life and work. Speaking about the Chuunin exams seemed more natural to her than...whatever else she should have been expected to discuss with him.
"She's old enough to make it through on her first attempt. I became Chuunin on my first attempt at about her age, as well. As long as her sensei is good, she shouldn't find it difficult to succeed." After all, Chuunin exams didn't usually hide anything that would trip up first timers, unless they were genin that weren't yet prepared to be Chuunin. That was her belief, anyway. "I have faith in her ability to keep her fellow genin intact during the first phases of the exam." The other two she doubted were ready to pass the final phase of the exam, but a person properly ready to be Chuunin could pass the exam even with two supporting teammates who weren't. "Amegakure has genin ready for the exams?"