[private]
[She's quiet for a long moment after he finishes.]
Fair enough.
[And it was to her. She'd do no less really even if she had been working on pulling back. She tended toward being less physical and more forgiving in this place than she had been in her own world. It was a tough place and every day was a struggle between life and death. Here... Not as intense. At least not usually.
Besides, if this guy was Itachi's "partner" he might have figured out that terrible, little Uchiha secret—the one where he actually cares about his brother.]
Maybe he'll wise up before that happens. [She's been working on him.]