010.1: Time affects everything and everyone

Before the timeskip

"Shiro, we need to talk." Kuro told me. To be honest, I already knew more or less what we would talk about. "It's about the kid, right?" "Yes." A few moments of silence fell. The kid was training, and Akatsuki was also training her swordmanship, while we were having a conversation that none of them would ever know. "I know that you are anxious. This is the best opportunity you have had to train a genius that can rebuild our bodies and help us get inside without losing our soul, but don't put so much pressure onto him. He is... You know... Just a kid. He isn't ready for some things yet, so, relax..." "You are telling me to relax when you yourself are nervous?" He had been trapped in a bracelet for much longer than me. I guessed he was nervous. Extremely nervous. But he still showed certain consideation to the kid. To be honest, I couldn't care less. Having been for millenias trapped in this crappy bracelet, nutruring geniuses but never recieving even a little bit of merit... And see them fall before they can release you. All of them ended up dying. It ain't that easy to become immortal or undying. "I will try not to be so hard on him, but we mustn't allow him to slack off in the slightest... For now, Let's see how he evolves..."