That got a long silence. Obito had always had a hot temper, and he his anger flared up a bit now. Well. It wasn't like the kid didn't have the right. And he didn't have any honest way to defend his absence, so. He turned and walked away, to the edge of the monument and along it for a while, looking out at the village. His village. At length he turned and came back, standing beside Itachi.

"If you had needed me, I would have come back."