Strawhat Luffy and Commander - no, it's Captain now - Marco are inbound as well. [Urgh, must reveal this too.] They're Haki users... they should be able to find us even if we move. For Mister Marco... I ask that you allow him to talk to me first. He'll want a few words, Captain to Captain, and that is his right. [The Whitebeards are serious business and to be accorded utmost respect, in other words.]
[The Battledome clinic. Good. It's far enough away it should be safe. And the touch of relief that crosses his features when Shikamaru says that says much about his frame of mind over his nakama.]
I won't move. [And even if it did hurt, he wouldn't complain. He centers to monitor what she's doing, however. His body is his weapon as much as his sword and he needs to know exactly what condition it's in if things turn sour.
And despite appearances and what perhaps most (except maybe the battle hardened ninja) can percieve, he's still very capable of mounting a vicious assault regardless of his wounds. If she intends to harm him or worse, Shikamaru and Sasuke won't need to stop her. He'll do it himself.
But he doubts that's the case here.
It's not quite healing so much as sealing he feels. It'll hold him.]
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... fine. Still going to talk though.]
Strawhat Luffy and Commander - no, it's Captain now - Marco are inbound as well. [Urgh, must reveal this too.] They're Haki users... they should be able to find us even if we move. For Mister Marco... I ask that you allow him to talk to me first. He'll want a few words, Captain to Captain, and that is his right. [The Whitebeards are serious business and to be accorded utmost respect, in other words.]
[The Battledome clinic. Good. It's far enough away it should be safe. And the touch of relief that crosses his features when Shikamaru says that says much about his frame of mind over his nakama.]
I won't move. [And even if it did hurt, he wouldn't complain. He centers to monitor what she's doing, however. His body is his weapon as much as his sword and he needs to know exactly what condition it's in if things turn sour.
And despite appearances and what perhaps most (except maybe the battle hardened ninja) can percieve, he's still very capable of mounting a vicious assault regardless of his wounds. If she intends to harm him or worse, Shikamaru and Sasuke won't need to stop her. He'll do it himself.
But he doubts that's the case here.
It's not quite healing so much as sealing he feels. It'll hold him.]
Thank you.