"Huh! I found it really conspicuous and all I did the first time was split off one clone and have it say a sentence and then dismiss it to be sure I could."

Shrug. "I don't look at my own brain much, too."

"That might be it."

"Also being a jinchuuriki might mess with it somehow?"

"Could ask the fox that too."

"I'll add it to the list!"

And eventually Naruto can be left in his new apartment.

Cam emails Sasuke Naruto's in 406 if you want him.

Thanks.

I'll talk to him, I guess.

Jiraiaya took 408.

I'd rather not run into Jiraiya but I guess I can email Naruto to ask to meet him while he knows his teacher's elsewhere.

Yeah, I told you so you could avoid it. Naruto seems like a great guy!

He's very himself. Makes odd friends.

Odd like how? He did mention the fox but I think if someone's stuck in your head trying to make friends is pretty sensible.

He has made multiple friends with someone actively attempting to kill him.

That's really impressive!

He's kind of terrifyingly good at reading people sometimes.

There's not like a technique for that, is there? Just facial expressions and stuff?

I think just facial expressions and word choice, he's been doing that since I've known him, and really experienced shinobi sometimes surprise him. 

Cool. There keep being things that are just barely not outright nightmare fuel around so I'm a little on edge around all the near misses.

The Yamanaka are the only mental technique users I know of - I think I mentioned them. They're the ones who have a temporary body possession technique.

Very bad but not outright nightmare fuel if they just mess with the body!

There's rumors of a memory reading room in the Leaf, but if it exists it'd have to rely on very obvious inscribed techniques, and probably on a target who's already unconscious or close to it. Messing with other people's minds is hard - bodily possession can be thrown off even by people without training.

That's good to know! Anything else in the space? Recommended reading?

Orochimaru had some literature on resisting mental techniques, and on how the Yamanaka do them, that might have stuff I've missed.

He lists the titles of a few scrolls.

Cam throws them on the pile of stuff for clones to read.