[He expects the pause, letting her catch up in step and in accepting the things about this world that don't make sense and exist. The comment she makes isn't one he expects, though, and it doesn't make sense until she forges onward to the next question.
Of course, the vast majority of Konoha-nin know nothing. He's not surprised, but his expression darkens nonetheless, gaze hard and distant when he responds, flat:]
Yes. He killed them in one night and left the village to be a fugitive on orders authorized by the Third.
/TEETH PING
Of course, the vast majority of Konoha-nin know nothing. He's not surprised, but his expression darkens nonetheless, gaze hard and distant when he responds, flat:]
Yes. He killed them in one night and left the village to be a fugitive on orders authorized by the Third.