"It paints me out to be a jackass, but I've been avoiding news of it where I can."
Blunt; painfully so. It's the most honest he's been on the subject, and outright about his opinion. He doesn't expand on the reasons, but Chouji would be right on the why.
"Aren't you scared?"
"We're going to war. I'm terrified."
It will do him no good to panic about in another world, where his hands are tied.
He speaks around a smile. "I mean... I'm going to go back home someday. We all are. I have to hold out that I'll experience it myself someday."
Even so, it's a very specific question coming from Chouji. Shikamaru analyzes his teammate. He's so happy he's here, but he's fresh out of the war. He has to wonder at the Akimichi's emotional state. His kindness is the trait Shikamaru admires most about him, but knows it softens him. Is he all right? Here the other members making up Team 10 won't have a clue of everything he's been through.
"That said, a few things have leaked through. I know we'll be going up against zombies brought back via the Edo Tensei..." He can't help but smirk then. "And that Naruto found out about the war despite all attempts to keep him from it."
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Blunt; painfully so. It's the most honest he's been on the subject, and outright about his opinion. He doesn't expand on the reasons, but Chouji would be right on the why.
"Aren't you scared?"
"We're going to war. I'm terrified."
It will do him no good to panic about in another world, where his hands are tied.
He speaks around a smile. "I mean... I'm going to go back home someday. We all are. I have to hold out that I'll experience it myself someday."
Even so, it's a very specific question coming from Chouji. Shikamaru analyzes his teammate. He's so happy he's here, but he's fresh out of the war. He has to wonder at the Akimichi's emotional state. His kindness is the trait Shikamaru admires most about him, but knows it softens him. Is he all right? Here the other members making up Team 10 won't have a clue of everything he's been through.
"That said, a few things have leaked through. I know we'll be going up against zombies brought back via the Edo Tensei..." He can't help but smirk then. "And that Naruto found out about the war despite all attempts to keep him from it."
He predicted that would happen.