"I suppose that will do."

"Well then. Are we all coming back to Konoha?"

She glances at the newcomers, then.

"In the absence of firmer plans..."

"We can - see through whatever happens with Jakuan, I guess. But unless something changes, I'm starting my rotation to an ambassadorial team soon..." She hesitates for a moment, then: "That might be something you three would be interested in, actually. The same way Anakin feels like my mirror - there's some people in Kiri, where I've been assigned, who feel like the mirrors of you two." She gestures at Occlus and Ani.

"That does sound interesting, yes."

"They're interesting people."

To Kakashi then - "Shinrei and Amajina feels like her," nod to Ani, "And Elaise and Elieyha like her," and to Occlus.

Jakuan is eyeing Ani way more warily now.

"Oh. Wonderful. Yes, introducing them to their counterparts in Kiri sounds like a fine idea."

"Aren't you and Shinrei friends, sensei?"

"Part of adult friendship is foisting difficult problems off on each other."

"Oh, I see."

"You'll learn."

"Let's get going, then."

Onward!

...After a while, Jakuan falls in beside Tobi.

"During that invasion... Did anyone else who died have people meet them at the border?"

"Yeah."

"Everyone who'd talk about it did. Even just ancestors."

"Oh."

"You know, I think I'm less angry with Jakkou now."

She laughs, humorlessly.

Then, almost apologetically: "Something'd always been wrong with her, I - "

"What she did didn't feel personal."

"It did to me."

"...I'm sorry."

"About that, and - I never asked what happened, even after you got out of the hospital."

Tiredly: "I wouldn't have answered, anyways."

"Her Mangekyou gave her a genjutsu technique. She wanted to test it."

Her breath hisses through clenched teeth.

"Well, fuck her, actually."

He laughs a little.

"So. Tell me about - your life?"

A pause, before: "I've been apprenticed to grandfather since not long after the invasion..."

And she talks - as generically as possible, thoroughly avoiding anything classified - about what she's been up to. Which means her story has next to no detail, but it's still not a bad way to pass the run back. (They're speaking quietly, but - the others can still hear them without too much straining.)

Good, they seem to be bonding. (Violent sort of world this seems to be.)

(Incredibly so. Tobi's diplomatic position means her exposure to it is - a bit off kilter, compared to Jakuan or what her in passing stories suggest is the norm. Apparently, she's stopped a lot of assassinations, against herself or others - she mentions casually she's been getting better at taking assassins alive for T&I to take.)

(Notably, her life seems to involve less violence than normal. She isn't herself an assassin.)

(There's a subtle pattern - it's likely that her grandfather's protecting her, despite her repeated insistence he's neutral and doesn't put any individual shinobi above any other village member. (Something she very, very obviously considers an admirable trait. That's another strong difference from baby Anakin, who focuses that same intensity on personal loyalty.))

They approach Konoha quickly.