"Sounds smart."

"Most folk sayings have at least a little relevance to day-to-day life, or they wouldn't keep getting said."

"What if they're only relevant to old people?"

"Mostly then old people are the ones saying them."

"Point! You know a lot..."

"I am widely read."

"I like reading! Can you tell me about some good books?"

She sure can! What kinds of books is Hisame interested in?

'Everything' is possibly not a useful answer...

She can have the top three from all categories, how about.

She writes these down. "Thanks!"

"You are welcome."

"What do we wanna do next? Might be getting close to dinner..."

"Might be too late for another game."

"Probably is. Naruto, wanna eat dinner with us?"

" - Can I?"

"Yeah. We're already having Elieyha over..."

Naruto bounces over to hug him.

Sasuke flails a bit.

Seems like they're getting along.

Hisame disrupts the hug to drag Naruto home with them; her and Sasuke's mother just sighs and sets out an extra place setting at the table. Naruto gets squirrely midway through, and refuses to stay long after dinner, leaving Hisame, Sasuke, and Elieyha by themselves.

The next morning, to Elieyha: "Wanna bug Itachi for training today?"

"Okay. What does he usually do?"

"He usually doesn't teach us anything. Sometimes he'll let us watch him train, then watch us try to repeat what he just did. He trains a lot with weapons."

"Where at?"

"There's a training ground between the compound and the river that he likes."