Chouji doesn't say anything, because he's sure that Temari knows better than anyone how scary Gaara was at their first meeting. The smile that lights up her face at the compliment to her brother tells him he definitely made the right choice in mentioning it. He returns her smile with his own.

"So they claim it's entirely random?" He does not seem very eager to buy into this story, but it isn't that important right now.

"How different is it from battles at home?" Because while war is nightmarish, fighting is their job, and it's what they've trained for. Chouji has no desire to fight for a cause and an organization that mean nothing to him, but if his friends fight, he wouldn't willingly be anywhere else.