It had been unpleasantly reminiscent of his Academy days -- not just any Academy, but the Academy of prepubescent would-be ninja whispering and failing to pay attention in class and going down all-too-easily in the dust during spars -- to find himself passing notes back and forth with Aidou, as if the bulletin board posts announcing their plans for the night to all and sundry weren't bad enough. Sasuke consoled himself with the awareness that at least they had worked together for so long that it was comparatively easy to fall into step once they managed to find each other during the night shift.l

Unwilling childishness aside, it appeared that his roommate had had less pleasant a day of it -- Sasuke glanced up from his meal to see Edward prodding at his food, clearly deeply suspicious, before eating. An odd way to express dissatisfaction with the offering, Sasuke thought, and commented: "If the food is poisoned, nobody managed to find out how yet."