Well...maybe Ame was just too small to rely only on ninja they raised themselves and too poor to exclusively hire extras. Or perhaps Nagato did things differently from other nations. He was, after all...peculiar. In more than one way.

It did make her wonder what this man's particular skill-set might be, if the head of the village would choose to collect and train him personally alongside simply welcoming him into the city. Whatever skill hid beneath his gentle exterior, she didn't sense malice...so it was unlikely he was a missing nin that used careful phrasing.

But that kind of curiosity couldn't be solved with questioning him any more than she could question Nagato about how he ruled.

"It sounds as if he was very kind to you." Her voice was...thoughtful, as she said it. After all, there were people who had done the same for her. Not in the sense that they adopted her into Konoha, but they reached out to a hopeless case like her and gave her a place and a purpose, too.

If so...she could understand why he seemed brighter and happier speaking about Nagato than when he first spoke to her. "I am sure that he's proud with what you've done in return."