Who: Uzumaki Naruto, Pain & Konan Where/When: Amegakure, a few hours after this. Status: Closed Style: Paragraph, present tense Warnings: No idea, angst I think.
He could say that opening up the wall is a little bit of overkill but it does catch his attention (as well as freak him out and the only reason there isn’t a kunai in his hand in response is because he has brought no kunai with him.) It does immediately tell him where Nagato is at least
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"I am accustomed to this. I was medicating my body and changing and re-placing the rods earlier today. It has been time to do so. I clean and re-charge my bodies and allow my eyes rest sometimes; it is nothing."
And beside the point.
"You did not come here to inquire about my vision or any other trifling and uninteresting health matters, I am certain. You are sixteen and a sporting shinobi. I am old and worn out. I am thirty-three by obstinacy and refusal to die."
Could smirk at that.
"But I suppose you have not come to attempt to invigorate me with your usual cheer, either. I heard it in your tone on the voicemails."
Re-charge he says. Like a battery, but people aren’t batteries, people rest so maybe Nagato just meant he was resting and saying re-charge is just his way of phrasing that. Naruto doesn’t know and spends a further moment looking, silent, eyes on the cloth lying over Nagato’s eyes
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The metal rods in Pain's ears shiver with the noise.
I am upstairs, he thinks ( ... )
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A great strain.
No, always the same story.
"I am accustomed to this. I was medicating my body and changing and re-placing the rods earlier today. It has been time to do so. I clean and re-charge my bodies and allow my eyes rest sometimes; it is nothing."
And beside the point.
"You did not come here to inquire about my vision or any other trifling and uninteresting health matters, I am certain. You are sixteen and a sporting shinobi. I am old and worn out. I am thirty-three by obstinacy and refusal to die."
Could smirk at that.
"But I suppose you have not come to attempt to invigorate me with your usual cheer, either. I heard it in your tone on the voicemails."
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What --
He must be hearing incorrectly.
It must be that the rest is getting to him and plaguing his other senses.
"You contacted me with vague and ominous words.
You came here.
You are interrupting my rest schedule.
I am certain you must have a better reason for this than a nightmare."
Because truly, the boy is young, but that is downright vapid.
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