[ Kakashi nods then, humming noncommittally in response. ]

Maybe Gai's not physically here to encourage you anymore, but you are the product of everything he's taught you -- years of hard work and training. So, just keep working hard, and if he ever comes back to Luceti [and that's a big if -- Kakashi would rather Gai doesn't ever come back, given how terrible he finds this place ] you can show him all you've done, then.