The sudden end to mock-companionable silence startled Sasuke, though he was no guard enough not to let it show past a slight tensing of his shoulders and tightening of his mouth. The words though, made him blink for a moment at Obito, thrown by the incongruity of voice and face.

"I ... I usually figure people likely don't know me well enough," he said, trying to remember what was normally an unconscious response to a casual reprimand. "I'll try harder."