They're as hard to miss as ever, Sakura's hair and Naruto's choice in clothing just as bright as in the photo Sasuke received from the gift ship and promptly hid away in his room on the ship. His hand reaches instinctively for the hilt of a sword that is hanging in Backwater Brig (at a price lower than it deserved and still drastically higher than what it should have been, which was free since it was his sword) -- and then he lets it drop back to his side, a deliberate choice.

Whatever they've been to each other until now, they were marginally on the same side before he'd arrived here. With any luck, they won't be from too different a time. At least they don't look shockingly young, here, unlike when he'd run into his brother.

Naruto's greeting startles him, though, Sasuke's tone both surprised and urgent when he stepped in quickly, frowning: "Have I been missing in our world? You've noticed I was gone?"