Is that what she said? The witch? You heard her? [If it's as he suspects, after what Marvelous told him and what the boy Link had said --

He catches that hand almost on instinct more than decision, pinning it flat to the ground with a sharp grab. Beneath his own Itachi's is smaller, the weird incongruity of their ages and their memories physically represented, and when he moves to finish bandaging it, his voice is fierce.]

Whatever lies she told you, whatever promises she made -- it's not worth this.