"No one thinks I can do it! No one thinks I can become a great ninja like you! Mom 'n Dad don't want me to do it, the elders don't think I can, the other kids say I'm stupid, you... You don't even think I can..." It was getting harder and harder for the child to breathe. She was hiccuping a little, finally having stopped her kicking to just try and scrub her eyes raw while she kept crying.

"I-I always try really really hard! I always keep going until I can't anymore, I always study and train and keep trying to do it right but no one... No one cares! And I keep trying and sometimes I can't and then they laugh and...!"