[She does know exactly what to do with him, thankfully, so that by the time he's been in the clinic for maybe an hour (he can't entirely tell), he feels less like a wall fell on him. And he can breathe mostly normally, and see straight, even if he can't quite pull up the Sharingan yet.]
[Funny thing about having immensely high amounts of chakra: if you're used to using 80% before you even think about stopping, suddenly having it halved gives you a massive, massive fissure between how much you think you can use and how much usage leaves you nearly dead.]
[Still, how he's at rest on a cot instead of half-laying on the beach, dressed in light hospital clothes instead of poorly-fitting heavy fatigues, and his chakra is more than a flicker. He can see.]
[And he can think straight, so he can't help but be curious about something...]
How long have you been here?
[He saw her at home less than a day ago. But he could have said the same thing for Itachi, and...]
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[Funny thing about having immensely high amounts of chakra: if you're used to using 80% before you even think about stopping, suddenly having it halved gives you a massive, massive fissure between how much you think you can use and how much usage leaves you nearly dead.]
[Still, how he's at rest on a cot instead of half-laying on the beach, dressed in light hospital clothes instead of poorly-fitting heavy fatigues, and his chakra is more than a flicker. He can see.]
[And he can think straight, so he can't help but be curious about something...]
How long have you been here?
[He saw her at home less than a day ago. But he could have said the same thing for Itachi, and...]