Perhaps this was how Landel got his comedic entertainment, a treat on the side of the bear-baiting and cock-fighting messes that passed for what he did to the patients here. The man likely got a kick out of the sheer irritation he could inspire by constantly forcing Sasuke to repeat the same scant pieces of information to the same confused people until eventually he would lose count of the number of Konoha-nin that had arrived, passed through, and gone.
How did that make sense in the context of this world? Did they return to their own world and then forget the Institute in the interim? Were they even the same people? If they weren't, how many doubles of them were walking around this world -- or did the doppelgangers even work that way?
The string of questions rumbling in an annoyed vein through Sasuke's mind were visible on his face as an exasperated frown, but a frown without intent or threat. Even if his face was turned toward Lee, the displeasure on it was directed elsewhere, not sharp enough or focused enough to convey real danger.
His expression did focus at what Lee stumbled into next, however; but it was confusion rather than anger pulling his attention back to the Konoha-nin. Others had certainly noticed it quickly, and Lee was a taijutsu master who might have seen the differences in how Sasuke was forced to operate his body if he'd been watching long enough. It wasn't that Lee had noticed that was odd -- it was the note of real anger in his voice when he demanded to know the culprit.
As if it made him, Lee, angry that Sasuke had somehow been blinded. Sasuke tried to imagine what might be going on in their world that could have caused a Konoha-nin other that the idiots that made up his former team react in such a way and was forced to conclude that he couldn't think of one.
Especially not now.
So Sasuke finished Lee's sentence and answered his question with another one in kind: "I'm blind, yes. What do you know about this place?"
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How did that make sense in the context of this world? Did they return to their own world and then forget the Institute in the interim? Were they even the same people? If they weren't, how many doubles of them were walking around this world -- or did the doppelgangers even work that way?
The string of questions rumbling in an annoyed vein through Sasuke's mind were visible on his face as an exasperated frown, but a frown without intent or threat. Even if his face was turned toward Lee, the displeasure on it was directed elsewhere, not sharp enough or focused enough to convey real danger.
His expression did focus at what Lee stumbled into next, however; but it was confusion rather than anger pulling his attention back to the Konoha-nin. Others had certainly noticed it quickly, and Lee was a taijutsu master who might have seen the differences in how Sasuke was forced to operate his body if he'd been watching long enough. It wasn't that Lee had noticed that was odd -- it was the note of real anger in his voice when he demanded to know the culprit.
As if it made him, Lee, angry that Sasuke had somehow been blinded. Sasuke tried to imagine what might be going on in their world that could have caused a Konoha-nin other that the idiots that made up his former team react in such a way and was forced to conclude that he couldn't think of one.
Especially not now.
So Sasuke finished Lee's sentence and answered his question with another one in kind: "I'm blind, yes. What do you know about this place?"