"First you say you have choices and then you call Konoha a cage. Make up your mind, Milani-kun. If you don't want to stay so close to home, get stronger and conquer your fear."

Kisame said that like it was the most obvious thing in the world, and to him, it was. The Hoshigaki were a rough clan to grow up in, expecting fortitude and tenacity over just about anything else. Sink or swim in a very literal way. In his own way, he say it as a kind of aid, however little it was. Maybe it was her relation to Sephiroth, maybe her promise of growing into a powerful opponent, but he wasn't going to kill her, so why not?

Kisame looked her over, aware on some level that she would inspire sympathy in others. He only felt hollow and vaguely uncomfortable with the depressed look she wore. It was a little too familiar in some ways.