[ There is a part of Kakashi, the desperate part, the part that doesn't want Obito to die again, that wants to believe Obito can be redeemed. That somehow, he can continue to live on and find a way to atone for the things he'd done. But that part is a tiny sliver of him, when Kakashi knows the truth: Obito will be defeated by the Allied Forces, and when that happens, he will most likely die. Without having ever been able to redeem himself. ]

I want to believe that.

[ Kakashi says honestly after a moment, his voice quiet. ]

But I don't know how likely it is.