[They break free of deep forest onto something resembling rock almost unexpectedly, and ahead of them is a too-convenient cave mouth. Sasuke stops in his tracks, hand back on his sword even though he still feels no other chakra, and takes the confirmation in stride.
He's reached a point by now, all the stories he's heard in the space of a few months tangled into disbelief and belief and unbelief all at once, that it is difficult to be surprised by anything less than world-changing.]
You said you woke here. Then you fell asleep on the way? [Which goes to show about how much awareness Itachi has left, which means --]
Stay here. I'll scout ahead and give the all-clear.
ftr: i know nothing about desert island topography
He's reached a point by now, all the stories he's heard in the space of a few months tangled into disbelief and belief and unbelief all at once, that it is difficult to be surprised by anything less than world-changing.]
You said you woke here. Then you fell asleep on the way? [Which goes to show about how much awareness Itachi has left, which means --]
Stay here. I'll scout ahead and give the all-clear.