[ Sakura is silent for a while after that, simply because she has no idea what to say. He's confronting her with uncomfortable truths, things she has known but never really acknowledged, and the funny thing is it isn't even a confrontation at all. It only feels like one because, with Sarada, it always was. She lost her temper with the girl over it once, and she still regrets it. Sarada had every right to her resentment. ]
I've had it better than most.
[ Her husband may have been gone for over a decade, but at least she knew he was alive. At least her parents were alive. Sarada has only ever known one side of her family; the other is full of ghosts.
i'm still dead
I've had it better than most.
[ Her husband may have been gone for over a decade, but at least she knew he was alive. At least her parents were alive. Sarada has only ever known one side of her family; the other is full of ghosts.
What does she have to complain about, really? ]
I'm alright, Naruto.