Fugaku didn't smile, but the corner of his lip twitched. This was still the paternal amusement at Sasuke managing something younger and more inexperienced than he was. If the other two had hunted well, it didn't seem fair to blame Sasuke for the other's failure, though he wouldn't learn anything if all his summons fell into line to easily. Sasuke needed a challenge to push him. Fugaku had stopped expecting Sasuke to be Itachi (and the more time went on the more he thought it was better for everyone that Sasuke wasn't like Itachi), but that didn't mean he expected anything but excellence from Sasuke, or thought he should take it easy with his training--or his training of others.
It seemed rather obvious that Fugaku had gotten caught in the rain, but he would take the comment as a conversation piece, not Sasuke being unable to deduce that was what had happened. Fugaku wasn't sure why someone would stop for tea with kittens anyway. They were a fairly standard "take this straight home" purchase. He really should have brought a box for them.
Fugaku nodded. Normally his hip predicted the weather with alarming accuracy, but this freak shower had escaped it. "I was. The rain will, at least, make it easier to dig a bed for the bulbs." Fugaku was assuming those needed to be planted soon, though he didn't know if they would have to languish until spring before they were placed in the ground.
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Fugaku didn't smile, but the corner of his lip twitched. This was still the paternal amusement at Sasuke managing something younger and more inexperienced than he was. If the other two had hunted well, it didn't seem fair to blame Sasuke for the other's failure, though he wouldn't learn anything if all his summons fell into line to easily. Sasuke needed a challenge to push him. Fugaku had stopped expecting Sasuke to be Itachi (and the more time went on the more he thought it was better for everyone that Sasuke wasn't like Itachi), but that didn't mean he expected anything but excellence from Sasuke, or thought he should take it easy with his training--or his training of others.
It seemed rather obvious that Fugaku had gotten caught in the rain, but he would take the comment as a conversation piece, not Sasuke being unable to deduce that was what had happened. Fugaku wasn't sure why someone would stop for tea with kittens anyway. They were a fairly standard "take this straight home" purchase. He really should have brought a box for them.
Fugaku nodded. Normally his hip predicted the weather with alarming accuracy, but this freak shower had escaped it. "I was. The rain will, at least, make it easier to dig a bed for the bulbs." Fugaku was assuming those needed to be planted soon, though he didn't know if they would have to languish until spring before they were placed in the ground.