...She glanced over her shoulder and sighed. Honestly she's wasted too much time talking to him. She didsn't have time to argue for any longer, so even if there was a faster way, at this point...

She was about to just bid him goodbye when she did glance back at him. He'd straightened up a bit, which wasn't anything unusual, but...the gloom of the rain and his hair had previously hidden much of his face before and...not anymore.

She startled and took an immediate step back when she met his now-visible eyes.

Rinnegan. She'd never seen it personally, but she'd read about it and heard it described. It was the sign of the messengers of Ame's leader. Which meant...she wasn't really sure, because Ame and its leader was weird and confusing, but ultimately...from her position of a foreign chuunin...he might as well have been another village's lord or kage.

"A-ah...?!" This. Was the opposite of avoiding an accidental diplomatic incident.

Shirakumo was going to kill her. "You're...You're one of...Lord Pein?" He's not her lord, but disrespect was not a thing she should compound the situation with. 'One of Pein' was really kind of iffy on it's own just because the paths were a mystery she never really studied, so how to address that she had...no...idea.