Chapter 298: Persiflage
n. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.
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"So you're from Suna too, huh?" asked Naruto as he stacked his empty bowl on top of two others, "Another Old Man!"
"Yeah, I suppose so," agreed Kagome as she shifted on her stool to look over at the energetic boy.
"Suppose? How can you suppose! You either are or you aren't! Home is a home," challenged Naruto emphasizing his point with flailing arms. Kagome felt her lips twitch in a grimace, she wished it was that simple.
"It's a little more complicated than that," answered Kagome, "Home, for me, has never been about the place. It's the people that make it home, and for a while my home has been here but I've got a home somewhere else and another one somewhere else entirely. Sometimes, I feel like I'm being split in so many directions."
"That's ridiculous," declared Naruto rolling his eyes, "you only have one home, what you're talking about is precious people, you can have a whole bunch of those. Home, though is a place that you make memories and a place that you always want to return too. Like Konoha! Konoha is my home! It's the place I always want to return too, no matter what!"
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