"You can call Grandfather an ass. He was one, you know. He'd probably take it as a compliment." Ginta pocketed the coin and fished another one out. A foreign coin from Lightning Country that'd he'd been carrying around since his days as 'Seishi'.

Twice in one sentence Asuma'd referred to Konoha as if it weren't his own village. He'd been gone a long time, sure, but if he was still loyal to his dad--which he obviously was, or he wouldn't have gotten all defensive like that--and he'd taken the oath...

"Speaking of being an ass, what's with all this 'you' shit? I was under the impression that tattoo on your shoulder made it a we, and if it doesn't, I think maybe we've got a problem."