[ The pause leaves Jake plenty of time to puzzle over his own response. The permeance of text, even mental notes like these, could do that to someone. Itachi seemed so untouchable by the fire. Unflappable, provided you weren't jumping in his lap in thanks.
Maybe he was wrong about that. Or, maybe the man was simply scanning through his own mind for examples. Maybe they weren't as close as Finn indicated?
It only took a second's more consideration for Jake to shake that thought away. He'd found Finn in that on shed back on Ciraiwei, straw in his hair, being cagey about his whereabouts for all of five minutes before spilling the entire morning. Including a questionable attempt to replicate Itachi's gravity defying traversal on the side of a tree. Whatever their relationship had been once, it was forever changed by Itachi saving Finn's life. Jake knew his brother well enough to see that in how he spoke about the man. It was exactly the kind of openness and warmth he didn't see when discussing Felix.
It made Jake feel safe approaching the man with this concern, now. So then why throw something so unnecessary back in someone's face? He didn't understand his brain sometimes. Or maybe he didn't want to.
When the no comes back, Jake heaves a sigh. ]
i guess i should be happy about that.
listen, could you keep an eye out for me? i can't be everywhere at once and i don't want to cut the kid's independence off at the knees.
finn trusts you, which means i trust you. and it would mean a lot to me to have someone else i could trust with this. y'feel me?
๏ผ he cycles through a half-dozen responses, some crueler than the others.
unbidden, he considers sasuke. what would his brother say, to his being trusted? welcomed by others, insistent on his being the lesser of two evils? perhaps that is why, in the end, he says only: ๏ผ
Very well.
๏ผ there are days when not being the man his brother thought he was when he was just a child come back to haunt him. ๏ผ
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Maybe he was wrong about that. Or, maybe the man was simply scanning through his own mind for examples. Maybe they weren't as close as Finn indicated?
It only took a second's more consideration for Jake to shake that thought away. He'd found Finn in that on shed back on Ciraiwei, straw in his hair, being cagey about his whereabouts for all of five minutes before spilling the entire morning. Including a questionable attempt to replicate Itachi's gravity defying traversal on the side of a tree. Whatever their relationship had been once, it was forever changed by Itachi saving Finn's life. Jake knew his brother well enough to see that in how he spoke about the man. It was exactly the kind of openness and warmth he didn't see when discussing Felix.
It made Jake feel safe approaching the man with this concern, now. So then why throw something so unnecessary back in someone's face? He didn't understand his brain sometimes. Or maybe he didn't want to.
When the no comes back, Jake heaves a sigh. ]
i guess i should be happy about that.
listen, could you keep an eye out for me? i can't be everywhere at once and i don't want to cut the kid's independence off at the knees.
finn trusts you, which means i trust you. and it would mean a lot to me to have someone else i could trust with this. y'feel me?
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unbidden, he considers sasuke. what would his brother say, to his being trusted? welcomed by others, insistent on his being the lesser of two evils? perhaps that is why, in the end, he says only: ๏ผ
Very well.
๏ผ there are days when not being the man his brother thought he was when he was just a child come back to haunt him. ๏ผ