[And I know why. Those words catch his interest far more than anything else. How much does she know? It's supposed to all be deeply secret.]

Am I supposed to feel threatened? [Don't push her, she says. But he's being who he is -- who he has to be. His new self, a missing-nin, a murderer and traitor and all sorts of other things. And all of this at an age where few have even reached chuunin yet.]

I don't believe my future is any great concern of yours. Nor my knowledge of it.