Tables mopped and shop set to rights again, Tae-san gave Kakashi his moment of privacy before fetching her own cup and settling on a stool at his elbow. She peered at him over said cup as she took a sip, weighing and adding knowledge in her head before nodding.

"Few people pass by this way to see him, but if you're that Captain of his, then I'd say you're right." She fluttered a hand, drink balanced in the crook of her elbow "There's too much uncertainty floating around to be leaving years worth of gaps between people, especially Shinobi."