[There's something to take away from that reaction, but he's left on the outside of its source. This plague is a personal term, then. He can discern as much from how it's phrased and how quickly the transition happens from slight interest to undaunted seriousness.
Itachi hasn't moved from the spot he's taken on the roof, arms loose at his sides. His gaze does slide to the left, overlooking the vista view of the cavern overheard, an endless blackness cut by grey and blue shadow. What exists past it? Is that where Geargadas would lay, and where its corruption is sheltered in the dark forests?
Then he focuses on the Monster again.]
I won't require protection. [This is said with certainty. It's how he's lived his life, from this point unfurling into the past, from birth to final death: alone.] However, it is likely other Witches will. Perhaps that is what they mean.
[There's more to what's said, and he lets his mind linger over it briefly. Nostalgia swims at the forefront - such a selfless, kind, naive mentality. Itachi does not cast judgment even as he draws this impression of the other man.]
We can start simply. I will field an offensive attack, and you deflect it. If it helps to imagine there is someone you are protecting, that's fine.
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Itachi hasn't moved from the spot he's taken on the roof, arms loose at his sides. His gaze does slide to the left, overlooking the vista view of the cavern overheard, an endless blackness cut by grey and blue shadow. What exists past it? Is that where Geargadas would lay, and where its corruption is sheltered in the dark forests?
Then he focuses on the Monster again.]
I won't require protection. [This is said with certainty. It's how he's lived his life, from this point unfurling into the past, from birth to final death: alone.] However, it is likely other Witches will. Perhaps that is what they mean.
[There's more to what's said, and he lets his mind linger over it briefly. Nostalgia swims at the forefront - such a selfless, kind, naive mentality. Itachi does not cast judgment even as he draws this impression of the other man.]
We can start simply. I will field an offensive attack, and you deflect it. If it helps to imagine there is someone you are protecting, that's fine.