[ Kakashi shakes his head no, because this isn't about him. As difficult as it is for him, this goes far beyond his own struggle and experience. This war has devastated entire countries, has laid flat villages. Has seen tens of thousands of lives lost, countless more injured or maimed.
He closes his eye, shoulders slumping. ]
My personal feelings don't matter in this.
[ He opens his eye and meets Gaara's gaze then. ]
What matters... is the fact that Obito has done terrible things to your people, and I am partially responsible for what he has become. For that... I am sincerely sorry.
[ Kakashi executes a formal bow then, bending at the waist, eye closing once more. He knows that if Minato were here, he would most likely be doing this instead, because he feels as responsible for Obito as Kakashi does. And because he is, and always will be, Hokage.]
no subject
He closes his eye, shoulders slumping. ]
My personal feelings don't matter in this.
[ He opens his eye and meets Gaara's gaze then. ]
What matters... is the fact that Obito has done terrible things to your people, and I am partially responsible for what he has become. For that... I am sincerely sorry.
[ Kakashi executes a formal bow then, bending at the waist, eye closing once more. He knows that if Minato were here, he would most likely be doing this instead, because he feels as responsible for Obito as Kakashi does. And because he is, and always will be, Hokage.]