He recognized the face and the tone, from his arrival two days ago. Didn't associate overly positive feelings with the meeting, but that didn't matter as long as he didn't try to get in the way.

Sasuke touched the tip of the sword to the NPC's throat, just watching it glint. "I'm going to kill him when he wakes up, and see if he runs on blood or ink," he said, voice flat and dull. "Want to watch?"