Ally seemed to be a term Sasuke only used at his own convenience. He was the first to want to keep his distance, but the moment some information might prove useful, he of course, wanted to know about it. Well, he probably justified it to himself somehow, she thought with an almost audible sigh.

"Recently we've been sent to the areas outside the institute," she explained. "My team only made one attempt so far, but we found a small run-down village. There were some human remains, which I'll be analyzing later tonight if things go according to plan." Not that they often did. But so long as she had her chakra, that sort of thing should come pretty easily.

"That's all I know of. Most of my assignments have been regarding medical analysis or information." There was that one assignment about getting a sample of the nurse's sedative, though they'd have to stage some kind of fight or disruption to get their hands on something like that.

"So since we're allies, you shouldn't have trouble telling me how your plans have shifted too. Whether or not we share common goals is vital, don't you think?" she added, unsure of how he might answer. She'd tried really hard to be professional, but Sasuke had a way of twisting her words around. Another silent sigh escaped her lips. What a day. Stuck on a not-date with Sasuke and talking about nothing but business. Ino-pig was probably back home laughing her ass off.