（ his expression transmutes, something soft and achingly fond. and then he's standing up, and holding out a hand to haul sasuke back up too. ）

Just because I went to an effort doesn't mean it needs to be finished.

（ yes this is a metaphor. ）

But aight.

（ he returns to the blanket and sits agura in a smooth motion, and pats the blanket beside him for sasuke to join him there. when he does, cy will use a little spark of that voidborne magic to call the half-eaten salad back to his hand in this new place. ）

So how does this match up against Konohagakure?

（ the pronunciation is flawless, the tender care of someone who has made a concerted effort to remember, to preserve a small piece of something they were told. ）