Ah-- Entertainment when you least expected it. Kagami found himself cringing even before the girl hit the vegetables, knowing full well where she would be landing. Old he might be (not really old even, middle-aged, perhaps!) but that did not mean he was any less observant.

"Ah, what did he mean by taking your head for each head of cabbage you ruined, mm? Surely, you have only one." Smiling, the older shinobi stepped away from the mess and decided to walk alongside her. "Young lady, may I?" Holding out his arms, he offered to carry a few.

Now don't you think his back couldn't handle a few cabbages--