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[It isn't too long before Sasuke arrives, walking up the pathway towards the house itself before coming to a stop beside his brother.]

[Catching Itachi watching the sky, he can't help but glance upwards himself. Just for a moment.]

I half expect it to fall again.

I doubt it will any time soon. Not in the "real" version of this world.

[The quotation marks are nearly audible.]

Hopefully not.

[Oh he hears them alright. Naturally, there was plenty information available now on what had happened, and who had caused it. Too late to do anything about it though.]

I guess they weren't entirely lying about our powers having an incompatibility with this place. [It makes more sense as to why the enemy even allowed it, if they were all expected to drop dead because of it.]

So it would seem.

Although it was not instantaneous. [That would have almost been better.]

It's something to be wary of in the future. [Then the briefest of pauses.] ... How are you?

[It is, but he wonders, if it were to happen again, whether they would have any control over it.]

There have been no problems, since waking up in the castle again. How are you?

[He glances up at the sky again as he answers.]

I haven't experienced any problems either, for which I am grateful.

[He raises a hand to his bad eye. The lid has closed again.]

[Well that's something at least. Not that he expected any complications, things had been fine the last time as well.

And whilst thinking on the subject, perhaps now is as good a time as any to admit to that. It is still hard to admit too, but apparently more people knew about it than he had realised. Three guesses as to who told them.]

That wasn't the first time it had happened to me here. Death, that is.

[Sasuke gets Itachi's full attention now, and he turns to face his brother.

That feeling of disgust he'd had for this place before returns.]

... I'm sorry. You don't have to tell me about it, if you'd rather not.

[He's already mentioned it, so he may as well give the details. The anger has at least shifted from Naruto to the one responsible for it. Plus it could happen again for all they know.]

That time Thiazi gained control of people in the city, a few weeks before you arrived. Some of the worst effected ended up attacking others with the intention of taking their lives.

And you were attacked by someone close, I assume.

[That would be his best guess, given his hesitancy to talk about it. Though of course that could also be just because he doesn't want his brother to know he was killed.]

[A little of both. It will probably bcome clearer once he mentions who.]

...Naruto.

[Naruto? Of all people...]

...I see. That can't have been good for either of you.

[It wasn't. The memories still trouble him, though he wouldn't admit.

There's a short silence before he speaks again.]

He embedded a kunai in my wrist and sliced my arm open. Held me down and watched me bleed to death with that stupid grin on his face.

[The first time in a long time he had shown some concern and gone to help out an that was the price he paid for it.]

[There is another long moment of silence.

Imagining Naruto doing that is just... more than surreal.]

...That may explain some of his hesitancy in responding to me about certain things when I arrived.

I'm not angry at him anymore, just at her for causing it. But that's why we weren't speaking when you first showed up, I'm sure you noticed.

[And then they got over it by punching each other a few times and breaking bones, then ate lunch together. As you do.]

Anyway my point is, things like that can happen as well as what the city just went through.

I did.

[Another frown, the lack of control over the situation still bothering him.]

That's... troubling to hear. Worse still that she was able to have power over others so easily.

[With the Sharingan, such mind control would be counterable.]

[His own thoughts are the same.]

It wouldn't be a problem if we could use the Sharingan. There were no obvious signs that anything was happening, until it was too late.

We are at their whims far too much for my liking.

[Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to fix that.]

Yeah. We have to search harder for a way out of this. Just don't ask me what that is yet, I don't know.

The key will lie with those in power here and those that want it.

[The beings that kept them here in the first place.]

[The gods, then.]

Have you spoken with any of them?

A couple. My patron. Yours.

Not many and not for very long.

[And sadly without gathering much information.]

I spoke with Hel once. Odin a couple times. Nothing of importance was said. [He basically bitched at them.]

Getting a decent audience with them seems to require more effort than simply walking up and addressing one, and unfortunately we are at their mercy in that regard.

[And oh how he doesn't like that either.]

I haven't ever seen any of them in person aside from at that one festival.

[They can come out to play stupid ribbon games but not to address important matters.]

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