It wasn't the first time he'd heard that he looked more like his mother than his father -- oddly, nobody ever accused Itachi of the same, even with his decidedly girlish eyelashes -- but the memory of other times jarred strangely against the reality of the moment. It was easier to focus on the minutiae; too serious wasn't generally something relatives other than Obito leveraged at him, but he carefully relaxed his mouth a fraction.

"I'll find believable excuses to stay away from those who know me until I've --" Gotten over it? Stopped acting like a genin on his first kill? "Gotten myself under control."