It was a harsh lesson for someone of any age. Itachi had never really learned it before coming here and it took drastic measures for that to even happen. He spent his entire life trying to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders, whether he could control it or not. The Uchiha Clan massacre, his time in the Akatsuki, protecting his little brother and his village at any cost... He understood, now, the consequences of that mindset, especially when it was coupled with illness.

"You take things... as they come, Sasuke... Good things... and misunderstandings too..."