"Not quite. If I want them to approve of me, it should be because they know I'm right for the job, not because I pressured them into it as kids. I'm kind of keeping it quiet for that reason, even if Hokage-Sama seems to disagree with me not wanting to tell everyone."

Another sigh and she shook her head, looking to them, "It's a lot of leadership, to be looked up to like that... It's a lofty responsibility that can't afford mistakes or anything less than absolute loyalty to the village I call home. And, above all else, valuing its people."

A beat, and she looked out the window to the empty play area, where the children would often wait for their parents to come home, "It's not just the children I want to talk to, but I think it is worth it the most to protect and prepare them for the world ahead -- give them fulfilling goals so that the village can thrive and they can be healthy. We're lucky to be in a time of peace where we can afford to take our time with it, too -- I want to make that peace last as long as possible."