Kid? Nagato was almost forty! Sure, he didn't look a day older than twenty but still! He did have some pride, Zack was so lucky he'd lost his mind reading abilities right now!

Thankfully, the ninja didn't try to attack further, the universal gesture of surrender calming him down somewhat: instead he narrowed his ringed purple eyes, wary. The newcomer had those strange, glowing eyes that marked their owners as 'soldier', whatever that was, and people here spoke of those with a mixture of admiration and fear, and Nagato sure didn't like that mix.

Then the redhead noticed he was staring and slowly blinked.

"... My apologies. I did not mean to attack you, you, hm, you startled me. I hope I didn't hurt you?"