Once more Adela failed to answer, and she clenched at her sleeves as he continued. Understood? Sure. She knew that Konoha had its own monsters, but... They hadn't seen Sephiroth, had they? And Kisame was nothing to sneeze at either, and with shinobi like that...

She couldn't help feeling timid at the prospect, wondering if she ever could even come close to that level. Would she ever be able to get over her fears, and to overcome her greatest obsticals?

"... Hokage-Sama... It's not that easy. I wish it was. But the... The shinobi I'm talking about were all talented from a really young age. They didn't get bullied and picked on, because they were too strong for that even when they were very young. They weren't runts. And they've only had time to become stronger from there. I'd have a death wish if I wasn't afraid."