"I was the ranking nin on the mission," Sasuke said, a certain amount of impatience colouring his tone. "Blame and credit on this mission fall on me unless I specify otherwise. I know what the failures were, and we both screwed it up."
Of course, as the ranking nin, his screwups counted somewhat more than Adela's. That was, he assumed, not something that would likely go over well with her, so he let the silence after her declaration drag before he came up with a response that seemed to work.
"How are you going to become stronger if you're paralysed by Kiri-nin?" It made sense, of course, to be afraid of the affiliation most likely to try to take her back to the village and clan in which she'd been born. But the terror Sasuke had seen yesterday had been something stronger and less rational.
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Of course, as the ranking nin, his screwups counted somewhat more than Adela's. That was, he assumed, not something that would likely go over well with her, so he let the silence after her declaration drag before he came up with a response that seemed to work.
"How are you going to become stronger if you're paralysed by Kiri-nin?" It made sense, of course, to be afraid of the affiliation most likely to try to take her back to the village and clan in which she'd been born. But the terror Sasuke had seen yesterday had been something stronger and less rational.