[Meant to reassure, perhaps, that any injury inflicted won't last into the waking world, but it's only one of several reasons he decides to give. One that he feels is less personal, less subjective. Another argument is that he's dead, so it doesn't matter the pain is subjected to. Another argument is that he's accustomed to bodily threat and he can bear whatever the Monster delivers.]
I'll be all right.
[This itself may be a lie, but one he feels necessary to offer - as well as some belief it might prove true even if he can't predict the future. He's without perception and chakra both; but he's not defenseless. He has his body, and the burden of sickness is seemingly gone (or at least muted, in this dreamy space). He'd noticed that immediately.]
Focus on your body. Always move, dodge, and avoid my attacks. Push me back if you need to. [Advice given in a calm, measured way.] As I said, we'll begin simply.
[And simple it is, though Itachi carries the action through with great speed, lunging forward to spin and swing one leg in a roundhouse kick aimed at one of those muscular, ropy arms.]
no subject
[Meant to reassure, perhaps, that any injury inflicted won't last into the waking world, but it's only one of several reasons he decides to give. One that he feels is less personal, less subjective. Another argument is that he's dead, so it doesn't matter the pain is subjected to. Another argument is that he's accustomed to bodily threat and he can bear whatever the Monster delivers.]
I'll be all right.
[This itself may be a lie, but one he feels necessary to offer - as well as some belief it might prove true even if he can't predict the future. He's without perception and chakra both; but he's not defenseless. He has his body, and the burden of sickness is seemingly gone (or at least muted, in this dreamy space). He'd noticed that immediately.]
Focus on your body. Always move, dodge, and avoid my attacks. Push me back if you need to. [Advice given in a calm, measured way.] As I said, we'll begin simply.
[And simple it is, though Itachi carries the action through with great speed, lunging forward to spin and swing one leg in a roundhouse kick aimed at one of those muscular, ropy arms.]