It was a fair question. She glared at him anyway. "Ran into a nasty jutsu. It's taking me a while to recover." It was a fair question, but he didn't need all the gory details. Knowing she was down was enough for the fight.

She switched topics before he could respond. "There's only two ninja on this trail. Probably safe to assume they're both jounin, if they broke in and stole a weapon." Under her breath, she added, "Or we need better security." She continued louder. "The trail's too old to tell if they had more scents on them--other ninja. One of the guys is your size, but his balance isn't great." A touch here, there, all around the same height Asuma's hands would rest. Maybe he had bad hips. That'd explain the balance issues.

"How fast can you run?" They were headed straight for the ocean, and even she couldn't track over water.