[It is hanging there. And that's what makes his own smile fade for the moment.]
No. I believe that you are someone who does... Everything in your power. If you can save someone, you do.
[As much as he thinks it over, that's the conclusion Lee settles for. He's lived through it now; he knows she couldn't have saved him. It was impossible. But he holds himself to a different standard. He knows he should have shattered impossibility, to race there, to save Neji, maybe even to take that blow in his and Hinata's place. It's his fault.
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No. I believe that you are someone who does... Everything in your power. If you can save someone, you do.
[As much as he thinks it over, that's the conclusion Lee settles for. He's lived through it now; he knows she couldn't have saved him. It was impossible. But he holds himself to a different standard. He knows he should have shattered impossibility, to race there, to save Neji, maybe even to take that blow in his and Hinata's place. It's his fault.
Then a long, slurping sip of apple juice.]