[She shrugs. Then starts writing more, a lot more:

"It simply doesn't pass the smell test, as they say. We knew how painful the executions were going to be by then. You can't claim ignorance.

But, even if you want to say 'someone had to be chosen besides Zabuza, and Rin deserved a rest from the horror that's happening here, even if it was painful in method, the outcome was the same'...

Killing Rin made Rin into a ghost.

The ghosts are suffering.

I talked with Zabuza-san's ghost, briefly. The big, strong, ninja.

He begged me to kill him. If there was anything that could end the existence of the ghosts permanently, he said: do it. Right away. No hesitation. I had no choice but to promise him I would.

If a big strong ninja who can barely fight the strength of the miasma long enough to beg a weak, crippled woman to kill him is suffering so much... what about Rin? It makes me think giving her a 'mercy kill' would do the exact opposite.

I imply nothing. I merely ask.

You are a smart man, so I cannot believe you simply didn't connect that Rin would suffer as a ghost. That Rin would no longer be our friend and would come after us with a vengeance as a ghost.

So, that I why I wanted to confirm.

Do you still claim you just didn't think about how a dead Rin would still suffer, compared to a living Rin? Or did you have something else in mind?

--I'll suffix this with a note that I myself was serious with what I just said. Rin's tried to kill me since then. Getting some revenge against those who voted for her is the last thing on my mind.

I simply want to know, in case the question of 'should we have a leader?' comes up again. It reflects on your decision making."

She turns it around so he can see... holding it out of his reach to nab hit, subtly.]