"Good," he said, leaning back to give his handiwork one last once-over before starting to stand. Her voice stopped him, though, making him pause and look at her with some surprise.

He didn't want to share the detailed reason behind the exact nature of his training today, but since it seemed like Adela wasn't about to go running for a medic-nin again, he hesitated only a moment more before sitting back down with a suppressed sigh.

"I won't injure myself too badly," he said. "If I had to go to the medic-nin at the hospital with a self-inflicted injury, they'd kill me before they even started to heal me."