"I've only been here two months -- this time, if what everyone says is true," Sakura offers ruefully. "So really, I can't confirm it... but I know he's taller than when I saw him last, and..." Different, in a way she can't entirely pinpoint. More experienced, maybe.

"I know it's a lot to take in all at once," she adds, "and I'm sorry. But it's good for you to be warned of it. And also... people are taken from different times. Sometimes they won't know about things that have happened. Ino hasn't been through the war yet." And a question behind that -- how much does Chouji know?