[Sasuke follows Kakashi's gestures with his eyes, but doesn't really respond to the words. Their world... he's been told that when you go back, you don't remember anything from here. He doesn't have the experience to be sure of that, but... what if it's true? If these scrolls - if everything he's learned or done here - means nothing?]
[He shakes his head a little, leans forward wordlessly to pick up the second cup of tea. Chooses to respond to the last few words, rather than the whole.]
Have you ever known me to be stopped by needing to practice?
[Hell, those weeks they spent in the woods, Sasuke practiced until he couldn't feel his fingers. Would have practiced harder than he had if Kakashi hadn't been there to keep him in check for his own safety. He recognizes that for what it is, with distance, instead of with the surety of thirteen that Kakashi was being too meddlesome.]
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[He shakes his head a little, leans forward wordlessly to pick up the second cup of tea. Chooses to respond to the last few words, rather than the whole.]
Have you ever known me to be stopped by needing to practice?
[Hell, those weeks they spent in the woods, Sasuke practiced until he couldn't feel his fingers. Would have practiced harder than he had if Kakashi hadn't been there to keep him in check for his own safety. He recognizes that for what it is, with distance, instead of with the surety of thirteen that Kakashi was being too meddlesome.]