She snorted a humorless laugh through her nose at that and just nodded, understanding him completely. As much as her Itachi wanted peace, she knew it was as unlikely as, well, her suddenly finding someone new.

"Even without that, we're working on building a school." She ducked sideways to enter the soba shop, ducking beneath the hanging cloth and holding it aside for him to enter after. "Train some of these civilian kids, kids who were born from shinobi parents who disappeared as quickly as we all arrived here, stuff like that. Where do you want to sit?"