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[The camera cuts in on a face, features sharpened by the heavy contrast of light and dark.]
Haruno Sakura is dead.
[It is Naruto’s face and Naruto’s eyes to be true, but in those silent seconds the shadows on those cheekbones and around those eyes make him look older and leaner. Like someone else. Despite the oranges and golds in what illumination lights the room, there is nothing of warmth in this man.]
First aid classes at Hagakure Dojo are cancelled. [Disconnection in his voice. Disconnection on his face. He is calm. His eyes are focused elsewhere.]
... if there are any medics out there who can step in at the clinic, I'm sure Sakura'd appreciate it. The place is going to be understaffed without her.
[A long pause; it's impossible to tell why he stops but he does, until it seems like he has nothing else to say. Then-]
Any people who were in this area [- have some co-ordinates-] and who might've seen anything strange on Saturday, I'm asking you to step forward.
Haruno Sakura is dead.
[It is Naruto’s face and Naruto’s eyes to be true, but in those silent seconds the shadows on those cheekbones and around those eyes make him look older and leaner. Like someone else. Despite the oranges and golds in what illumination lights the room, there is nothing of warmth in this man.]
First aid classes at Hagakure Dojo are cancelled. [Disconnection in his voice. Disconnection on his face. He is calm. His eyes are focused elsewhere.]
... if there are any medics out there who can step in at the clinic, I'm sure Sakura'd appreciate it. The place is going to be understaffed without her.
[A long pause; it's impossible to tell why he stops but he does, until it seems like he has nothing else to say. Then-]
Any people who were in this area [- have some co-ordinates-] and who might've seen anything strange on Saturday, I'm asking you to step forward.