[He knows. And they're not really into the actual massage yet, which is the thing. It tells him exactly how often Itachi experienced a gentle touch in his own world.
He places one hand on Itachi's lower back, and the other hand over the first, and begins making small palm circles going up and down the side of his back - again careful of where the wings connect. Up and down three times - and then he switches to the other side and repeats. And then he begins to knead and stroke because yes... knots everywhere.
It's not just the tension knots in the muscles he's easing, though, he's easing the flow of chakra throughout the body through the coils and tenketsu points he can access, and clearing out any blockages. The principles of aligning the chi through massage in his world and the ones for aligning chakra in Itachi's were similar enough from what he could remember. And stress would effect the flow of both, even subtly.
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He places one hand on Itachi's lower back, and the other hand over the first, and begins making small palm circles going up and down the side of his back - again careful of where the wings connect. Up and down three times - and then he switches to the other side and repeats. And then he begins to knead and stroke because yes... knots everywhere.
It's not just the tension knots in the muscles he's easing, though, he's easing the flow of chakra throughout the body through the coils and tenketsu points he can access, and clearing out any blockages. The principles of aligning the chi through massage in his world and the ones for aligning chakra in Itachi's were similar enough from what he could remember. And stress would effect the flow of both, even subtly.
So he would take care of what he could.]