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[The camera flicks on to reveal a young man with eyes so pale lavender and missing pupils that it might appear as if his eyes are white and unmarked at first glance. There's a small frown on his lips, and his eyes squint in a curious determination.

Through observation and intuition, he's puzzled out the purpose and general function of the device well enough to activate it, but unfortunately it has...so far...not provided illumination over where he's woken or how. Waking up after death is no surprise--it's happened more than once before, though the last time it happened to him he hadn't been as certain of his own death when he lost consciousness as this time.

Waking here, however...is less...understandable.]

Explain to me where this place is and why I've been taken. Have I missed the end of the war? [That seems the most reasonable conclusion: otherwise he would have been brought back out to the battlefield, wouldn't he?]

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[There are certain people that it is best to be there to answer their questions immediately, rather than allow them to stew on the questions and make things worse. Tenten was among those it was best to have answers for, should she care to have them.

He regards her curiously a moment. She is...making a bigger deal of his death than should probably be made of it. He was neither the first, nor likely to be the last, and hardly the most important casualty of the war. Making unnecessary arrangements and productions of the news--when he stood perfectly healthy now--only made it into a greater deal than it should be.

Still, he supposes with Naruto such precautions may actually be necessary. And, as her comment reminds him, Sakura has surely suffered enough turmoil with her teammates to last a lifetime already.

If she wants him to believe she regards things as a hassle, rather than a genuine distress, she'll have to do better at pretending.]

Very well, if that is what you wish. Presuming such a situation arises, I'll attempt to inform you ahead of time. [Of course if the need does arise, he can't promise he'll have such time, she understands.]