Clan training? Too much talking? It all sounded like a big puzzle to him.

"You gotta keep it a secret? Is that what it's like to be in a clan?" He couldn't honestly say that it sounded fun. Well, her clan didn't sound like fun. If he was in a clan, it would be the fun clan that would let kids join Academies. Was ninja work really that dangerous? Sure, there were stories, but they were things that happened to everyone else. ...Like his friend. Oh. ...That was a sad thought.

Oh, that was simple! Rin puffed his chest out in pride as he easily proclaimed, "Because it's the mistiest place in the whole village so that makes it the best place to play hide and seek! And I'm a master of that game! No one can beat me!"