[He's a little embarrassed to answer that, hesitating for a few moments as he shifted, slipping an arm around her waist.]
About a month. You left not long before your birthday.
[The nature of this place, how seemingly random it was for people to show up and leave, had been the largest factor in how quickly he'd let his mind wander to worry.
They'd been separated before for unknown lengths of time, being shinobi in a time of war led to that sort of thing happening often. But here... he had no way of knowing when or even if he would have seen her again, and being sent home again himself didn't necessarily mean he'd get to see her either.
It had been difficult to remain positive when faced with the unknown.]
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[He's a little embarrassed to answer that, hesitating for a few moments as he shifted, slipping an arm around her waist.]
About a month. You left not long before your birthday.
[The nature of this place, how seemingly random it was for people to show up and leave, had been the largest factor in how quickly he'd let his mind wander to worry.
They'd been separated before for unknown lengths of time, being shinobi in a time of war led to that sort of thing happening often. But here... he had no way of knowing when or even if he would have seen her again, and being sent home again himself didn't necessarily mean he'd get to see her either.
It had been difficult to remain positive when faced with the unknown.]