"In Root, Sai was basically a white sheet of paper that could be filled with whatever he was needed for at a certain moment. When he joined team seven, he got a taste of how normal human interaction worked and - from Root’s point of view - got sullied a little by this spark of curiosity. Instead of pulling back in and cleaning himself, he wanted to be engulfed by it and well.. stepped out into the ink rain."
"I want to stay here forever with you, Nee-san." - Kid Sai (To Shin while they're in the mountains together)
"Don't cry. Didn't I tell you to kill your emotions?" - Shin (To a crying Sai before his death)
"Even so, the one who will continue to live is you. Go, and live for me as well." - Shin (To Sai before his death)
"A smile's the best way to get out of trouble, even if it's fake. Amazingly, it fools everyone. I read that in a book before. " - Sai (To Naruto after Sakura punches him)
"I've drawn hundreds, maybe thousands of pictures so far… other pictures have the situation at the time, and the artist's feelings… like portraits have the person's name… but don't pictures usually have titles…? To be more precise, even if I try to give them titles, I just can't do it. I don't feel anything… they don't put me in mind of anything." - Sai (To Sakura regarding his drawings)
"...I don't have any of what you'd call emotions." - Sai (To Sakura regarding his drawings and why he can't name them)
"Even when I force myself to smile. It seems I'm the type of person who ends up being hated." - Sai (To Sasuke regarding his smiles)
"Sai is the name I was given for this mission… I'm nobody. I am a tool for Danzou-sama. I don't exist." - Sai (To Team 7)
"We weren't connected by blood, but he did compliment me on my drawings quite a bit." - Sai (To Team Kakashi regarding Shin)
"If people change… then so can I. But some things never change. Bonds. I'd like to learn more about them." - Sai (To Kabuto before deciding to help Naruto bring back Sasuke)
"Naruto. You like Sakura, don't you? I read in a book... people always smile around the people they like. And you're always smiling at her. Did you tell her how you feel?" - Sai (To Naruto regarding his feelings for Sakura)
"I only became part of your team lately when I replaced Sasuke, so I don't really know everything that's going on... I don't really understand people either. And I don't know what kind of promises he made to you... But... Even I can tell he really loves you! Naruto's been shouldering that promise for a long time... I think he means to shoulder it for the rest of his life... I don't know what you said to him but it's just what's been done to me. It feels like a curse. Sasuke causes Naruto pain... but I think you do, too." - Sai (To Sakura regarding Naruto's promise)
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Quotes
- Kid Sai (To Shin while they're in the mountains together)
"Don't cry. Didn't I tell you to kill your emotions?"
- Shin (To a crying Sai before his death)
"Even so, the one who will continue to live is you. Go, and live for me as well."
- Shin (To Sai before his death)
"A smile's the best way to get out of trouble, even if it's fake. Amazingly, it fools everyone. I read that in a book before. "
- Sai (To Naruto after Sakura punches him)
"I've drawn hundreds, maybe thousands of pictures so far… other pictures have the situation at the time, and the artist's feelings… like portraits have the person's name… but don't pictures usually have titles…? To be more precise, even if I try to give them titles, I just can't do it. I don't feel anything… they don't put me in mind of anything."
- Sai (To Sakura regarding his drawings)
"...I don't have any of what you'd call emotions."
- Sai (To Sakura regarding his drawings and why he can't name them)
"Even when I force myself to smile. It seems I'm the type of person who ends up being hated."
- Sai (To Sasuke regarding his smiles)
"Sai is the name I was given for this mission… I'm nobody. I am a tool for Danzou-sama. I don't exist."
- Sai (To Team 7)
"We weren't connected by blood, but he did compliment me on my drawings quite a bit."
- Sai (To Team Kakashi regarding Shin)
"If people change… then so can I. But some things never change. Bonds. I'd like to learn more about them."
- Sai (To Kabuto before deciding to help Naruto bring back Sasuke)
"Naruto. You like Sakura, don't you? I read in a book... people always smile around the people they like. And you're always smiling at her. Did you tell her how you feel?"
- Sai (To Naruto regarding his feelings for Sakura)
"I only became part of your team lately when I replaced Sasuke, so I don't really know everything that's going on... I don't really understand people either. And I don't know what kind of promises he made to you... But... Even I can tell he really loves you! Naruto's been shouldering that promise for a long time... I think he means to shoulder it for the rest of his life... I don't know what you said to him but it's just what's been done to me. It feels like a curse. Sasuke causes Naruto pain... but I think you do, too."
- Sai (To Sakura regarding Naruto's promise)
OOC/IC Comments
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