（ 'difficult'... not the first and undoubtedly not the last time he's heard such a thing. he, perhaps predictably, ignores it entirely.
instead, he turns in his chair, opens a drawer and withdraws a slender black book, which is set down between them. there is a black-on-black glimmer across its front that catches the light, done in a circular seal. it's clearly set to self-immolate with amaterasu should it be opened by any he has not expressly given access. so far, no one aboard the ximilia has warranted it. it certainly does not help that it is written in a private uchiha cypher that can only be decoded with any amount of ease with the sharingan.
what it lacks is specifics about the orbers themselves, but it contains perfect accounts of the worlds, the local political structures, notable individuals native to each place, the orbs and how they were obtained. if sasuke is ever inspired to go back through the network in the year and a half the ximilia crew has been active, he can likely contextualize a lot of it for himself but itachi has clearly created this book with the foreknowledge that it could fall into the wrong hands, thus his myriad precautions. ）
Details of each mission up to this point.
（ he taps the book at the heart of that meticulous, perfect seal, bringing it to life in a swirl of colour that matches his own chakra signature. ）
The seal requires a drop of your blood.
（ his meaning laid plain is that sasuke can do it himself, or he can take it. ）
no subject
instead, he turns in his chair, opens a drawer and withdraws a slender black book, which is set down between them. there is a black-on-black glimmer across its front that catches the light, done in a circular seal. it's clearly set to self-immolate with amaterasu should it be opened by any he has not expressly given access. so far, no one aboard the ximilia has warranted it. it certainly does not help that it is written in a private uchiha cypher that can only be decoded with any amount of ease with the sharingan.
what it lacks is specifics about the orbers themselves, but it contains perfect accounts of the worlds, the local political structures, notable individuals native to each place, the orbs and how they were obtained. if sasuke is ever inspired to go back through the network in the year and a half the ximilia crew has been active, he can likely contextualize a lot of it for himself but itachi has clearly created this book with the foreknowledge that it could fall into the wrong hands, thus his myriad precautions. ）
Details of each mission up to this point.
（ he taps the book at the heart of that meticulous, perfect seal, bringing it to life in a swirl of colour that matches his own chakra signature. ）
The seal requires a drop of your blood.
（ his meaning laid plain is that sasuke can do it himself, or he can take it. ）