"Yeah! People really just need a chance..."

"And you've done an excellent job of giving them one." Hand-squeeze.

"Thank you!" He floats there, grinning out over the city, the sunlight lining his face. "And for what you've done to help - this had been Madara's dream, too, when we were children, but I was so worried he couldn't enjoy it in his grief..."

He's beautiful, in the light; fortunately Raafi is pretty good at not staring. He squeezes his hand again, instead. "I'm glad to help. Do you know how they're doing?"

"Some! Izuna's been a lot less angry than he was last time around - I guess the shadow over him must've been his own grief. He even apologized to me for his role in making the war drag on, which was weird."

"Oh, good."

"Clerics are often advisors, if he'd like someone to talk to."

"He might! If you want to offer directly, Madara has somewhat of an office for in-clan affairs, or I can pass on the message."

"I haven't been to Madara's office yet, but I can probably find it."

"I can show you after the gardens, maybe." Maintaining three wood clones like he is now for long stretches can be headache inducing, but he can always go relieve the baby-holding clone on the way over. (He has his main body, paperwork clone, grand-baby-sitter clone, and talking-to-citizens clone right now.)

"I'd appreciate it, if it's convenient." He squeezes his hand again and breaks off to swoop around a bit, just for the sheer joy of it.

Swooping!

"After a while I'll want to consolidate what I'm doing with one of my clones so I'm not running too many, but right now one's just babysitting."

"All right." He heads toward the gardens. "Grandchildren?"

"Just one so far! A granddaughter, Tsunade."

"Aww. I don't have any of my own but I bet my brother's oldest is married by now."

"Tobirama's content to be an uncle, too. I love babies, but they're definitely a lot of work if you have to be a single person all the time."

"Adorable, though. And it only gets better when they start talking."

"Yes! They're so serious."

"And they try so hard to figure everything out. They even come up with interesting ideas, once in a while."

"Tobirama loves encouraging kids to do experiments. He actually designed a kid-safe chemistry kit..."

"That sounds adorable."

"There were a lot of highly concerning investigations about what things are flammable! Luckily we managed to explain fire safety, but."

He giggles helplessly. "Well, all's well that ends well, I suppose. I've scared a few parents in my time but never that badly."

Oh no he's cute.

"Tobirama's a bit less of a little shit around non-siblings, at least."

"Family can definitely be like that, yes. It's good that you've figured out how to work with him."

"We had a rockier relationship as kids. It's easier for us being adults around each other, I think."