[Gaara's features tense a bit at the apology, a slight shake of his head that he doubts Kakashi can see in his bowed position.]

No.

[And Kakashi gets a bit of a scowl to accent the word.]

And it is not because I do not understand the necessity of claiming the mistakes of those tied to you. As Kazekage, I must amend for the mistakes of my village, past and present.

But I am also someone who has walked in that darkness.