It's not surprising by now, the way Neji tenses when it comes to the topic of his clan and the completely wasteful way in which it deals with its members by no virtue other than birth, but at least being outside of the village seems to be doing him good. Sasuke's face is disappointed for just a moment when he realises that he must have just missed Hinata, not that Nagato's schedule until now would likely have left him free, but he catches onto that dropped hint with a raised eyebrow.

"It's going as well as might be expected," he says, shrugging a noncommittal shoulder: there's no real policy against talking about an active mission as boring as this one, but the habit sticks. "But if you're outstaying the others, what is your compelling reason to be in Suna?"