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    A tree was nothing without its roots, but some roots ripped nutrients from the soil, leaving it barren and unable to sustain any life. Kakashi knew this well. After all, Konoha had dug its roots deep beneath his skin, shoving and twisting, completely unrelenting.

    The tree took and took and took. It took his father. It took his eyes. It took his name. It even took his freedom.

    The roots had only given him one thing, and that was a brother.

    And, he supposed, his eyes.

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