[... and that's a complicated thing to explain, and he forgets too that what happened after Itachi's death is something halfway insane and definitely difficult to make sound like anything other than impossible. It's clear in Itachi's expression, as much as the unaccustomed and unexpected emotion there, and Sasuke fumbles awkwardly for an explanation --]

I did, but it's complicated. It'd take a long time to ...

[... though, for the first time he can ever remember, time is something he has with his brother. The revelation is sudden, his words trailing off as he blinks through it -- every day of their lives in their own worlds compressed by a hundred things to do and a hundred obligations to make, but here there is just the drag of days across the open ocean.

He leans back, then down enough so that they are at eye level, voice serious.]

There's a lot I can tell you, brother. But do you really want to know your future?