winter wonderland
12-30-2020, 01:08 PM
Hattori’s eyes narrowed into a thin sliver of steel. By no means had he expected to be greeted like an old friend-nor would he have appreciated that- but he didn’t like Hikaru’s tone. It rubbed him entirely the wrong way, almost accusatory as though he was disappointed to learn that he was indeed very much alive. More than that, in his surprise, Hikaru no doubt had forgotten his manners, talking to the Lord as though they were of equal standing. They were most certainly not. But there were more pressing matters at paw, he would correct him later if Hikaru didn’t catch on of his own accord.
The shinobi shifted his weight, wondering how best to approach this situation. He had always been careful with his words, only tending to speak freely around Venom, but Iga wolves were like sharks with a drop of blood in the water: give them one pin prick chance and they’d rip it wide open. Except that Hattori had never seen much, or any, potential in him. If he was here then it most certainly wasn’t because he’d been sent on some top secret mission, and from the way he was glancing around Hattori felt safe to assume he’d somehow wandered here on his own accord. But what were the chances of that?
“No.” Hattori rumbled, seemingly unphased by the question. “Is that a problem?”