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[His entire world is being broken down into cold, precise little pieces. The boy is silent for a long time as he tries to process that, at first filled with indignation that Itachi would choose the village over his family--but then wondering how many people would have died in the following war. How different his life would have been if he had been a part of it.]
...But why us? [That's what he doesn't understand. If he would go through with the orders of killing the clan--why spare Sasuke?]