I made a choice to protect you. No reason to apologize for that. [He stared at the book for a moment, then tucked it back into his shirt where he'd had it.]

You learned, right? What matters is that you got to be a better person.

[He hesitated for a moment though.]

Kushina-nee told me Rin died. I'm sure you did your best so if you're apologizing for that... I won't blame you, okay?