Observant eyes are a little sharper, in recognition both that this is an individual his younger brother has come into contact with, as well as the swiftness of that association. The question is how to address it. He's not keen on revealing anything of his relationship with Sasuke to strangers, those unknown and uncertain threats in his mind - yet there's no real reason to hide it. It was never a kept secret in their world.
Still, there's something about how it is here... the tenuous state of their reconnection... that Itachi wishes to protect. But there's no fooling a lie.]
Then you've met Sasuke. [Unsurprising, Sasuke's good at standing out.] Your guess is correct. We are related.
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Observant eyes are a little sharper, in recognition both that this is an individual his younger brother has come into contact with, as well as the swiftness of that association. The question is how to address it. He's not keen on revealing anything of his relationship with Sasuke to strangers, those unknown and uncertain threats in his mind - yet there's no real reason to hide it. It was never a kept secret in their world.
Still, there's something about how it is here... the tenuous state of their reconnection... that Itachi wishes to protect. But there's no fooling a lie.]
Then you've met Sasuke. [Unsurprising, Sasuke's good at standing out.] Your guess is correct. We are related.