alostbond:

      “Now it depends on what you mean by a while. The type of ‘a while’ could be the, ‘I can’t stop being worried sick about her. She must be hurt.’, which couldn’t have been the type of a while I was pondering on about! 

    ^{“Ne, ne–I’m here now aren’t I? I should have told you, I was on a mission for a couple days. Tsunade-shishou didn’t inform you?”}