Sasuke's words bit into him as sharply as any knife. He was being reprimanded, almost like a child, but he couldn't deny anything Sasuke said either. He had to control that power or others would get hurt too. There were no ifs or buts or maybes about that. But how to go about that... he hadn't a clue.

"You think they'd make such... such an elaborate fake just to... just to hurt us?" saying it aloud, it sounded even more ridiculous, but he wanted to believe it was true, that it wasn't Rinali's older brother that he'd killed. "I've heard... some of it. I don't really... pay much attention." Other things usually took priority. He was a soldier, there to fight and take orders. Figuring out puzzles and riddles wasn't really something he was any good at.