（ she's silent for a time as she walks, until they've gained distance between themselves and her little makeshift clinic, and then — ）
Here.
（ she hands him a book from her bag. it's written primarily in hiragana, the characters neat and cute in a girlish sort of way, but it's a third-level cypher. sasuke had cracked it easily with his dojutsu, and she suspects shikamaru will take even less time than that by the merits of his own impressive mind. she'd shared it earlier with sasuke as well, but she trusts shikamaru as much her own boys. she gives him a moment to scan the contents (her various theories, experimentations with her own chakra and its fluctuations, a budding compendium on the flora and fauna in the area, the state of stygia's hospital district) and then: ）
Before I say anything further — what's the last significant event you remember?
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Here.
（ she hands him a book from her bag. it's written primarily in hiragana, the characters neat and cute in a girlish sort of way, but it's a third-level cypher. sasuke had cracked it easily with his dojutsu, and she suspects shikamaru will take even less time than that by the merits of his own impressive mind. she'd shared it earlier with sasuke as well, but she trusts shikamaru as much her own boys. she gives him a moment to scan the contents (her various theories, experimentations with her own chakra and its fluctuations, a budding compendium on the flora and fauna in the area, the state of stygia's hospital district) and then: ）
Before I say anything further — what's the last significant event you remember?