[Blue's a bit heartened to see Itachi take a seat - it's practically his seat, given the frequency of his use of it! he looks over with that same thoughtful expression, nodding.]

It's what I'm coming to learn...in learning about the worlds of others. Places of remarkable gifts...and abilities... They seem bound to places and people...who face terrible trials and conflict. [correlation isn't causation, but it does make one think.] I cannot say it's inevitable... Only quite common for our small sample size.