"So did I," Kakashi muttered softly, using a thumb to turn the page, his voice a quiet rumble as to not disrupt the quiet too much. "Regardless, it's not surprising you had an adverse reaction to it. It's understandable. You don't just grow out of things like that.."

Kakashi certainly hadn't, regardless of how much he'd tried to stifle how badly even the smallest crumbling of rock had affected him. He'd been stubborn and it had been his downfall.. and the fallout was what Tenzou had seen unravel.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of. Did you explain to anyone?"