...So the blindfold wasn't just for show. The thought made her heart ache, and she was scared to wonder if this version of her baby had lost his eyes with everything else. She'd ask, but not now. For the moment she just had the less than graceful thought of wondering if he'd still been too young when this happened to have already had the blind combat training the Uchiha genin always got.

Shaking it away, she slipped forward and wrapped him a warm, tight hug and nodded against his cheek. "It's good that you're here baby."