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[ Why indeed...? She has a husband, a son. True friends. For his part, though, perhaps it's just a bit of arrogance on his part, perhaps it's him wanting to show some amount of understanding for something he doesn't really full comprehend, or to hedge his bets with the support of a position without actually supporting it. And it's really her eyes, more than anything, which confirm that he can allow himself this.

So he answers, with his truth ]

Call it a man's indulgence, Kushina-san.

[ And with that, he makes to take the step into her house, even if she hasn't explicitly given him entrance. He kicks off his shows, even ]