[He let the statement hang before, quietly, he started to elaborate. He knew she'd ask. Going through it caused him to withdraw visibly, but as if possessed he continued forward with the story; about how Itachi had never betrayed the village. How the village blamed his clan - his family for the attack that nearly destroyed it and punished them for it. How as a result they were planning on taking back the power and respect they had. About the council's decision, and how Itachi was only thirteen when he was ordered to assassinate the entire clan. How he was the only one Itachi couldn't kill and only went through with it in exchange for Sasuke's life. How Itachi had planned to die to Sasuke from the start in order to have him return to Konoha a hero.
It didn't stop there, though. Sasuke ended up continuing to talk about more. How, now that he wasn't blinded by his pain and hatred, he finally started to notice how strange the original reasoning he was given was. Now that he knew, some other things that hadn't made sense fell into place. When he found out, he had ended up just punching Itachi in the face and, after being told that Itachi never stopped loving him, he left. All of it was explained, and at long last he finished.
The music was dull to him in the background and he finally fell into quiet again, the music's sounds and ocean waves filling the air when there would have otherwise been silence. When he was done, he was completely still, his head bowed against his arms as he tried to pour through it. It was all he had been doing for days, but even now he just doesn't know what to make of all of it.]
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[He let the statement hang before, quietly, he started to elaborate. He knew she'd ask. Going through it caused him to withdraw visibly, but as if possessed he continued forward with the story; about how Itachi had never betrayed the village. How the village blamed his clan - his family for the attack that nearly destroyed it and punished them for it. How as a result they were planning on taking back the power and respect they had. About the council's decision, and how Itachi was only thirteen when he was ordered to assassinate the entire clan. How he was the only one Itachi couldn't kill and only went through with it in exchange for Sasuke's life. How Itachi had planned to die to Sasuke from the start in order to have him return to Konoha a hero.
It didn't stop there, though. Sasuke ended up continuing to talk about more. How, now that he wasn't blinded by his pain and hatred, he finally started to notice how strange the original reasoning he was given was. Now that he knew, some other things that hadn't made sense fell into place. When he found out, he had ended up just punching Itachi in the face and, after being told that Itachi never stopped loving him, he left. All of it was explained, and at long last he finished.
The music was dull to him in the background and he finally fell into quiet again, the music's sounds and ocean waves filling the air when there would have otherwise been silence. When he was done, he was completely still, his head bowed against his arms as he tried to pour through it. It was all he had been doing for days, but even now he just doesn't know what to make of all of it.]