The colorlessness Obito could understand. Very well. For now, his world looked pretty bleak. If he stopped to really think about it, he would realize that Kakashi felt this way too, and he had someone he could confide in completely without bringing down any further. Since he was already at rock bottom. But Clare...

He almost felt bad telling her so much. But if she asked, he wasn't going to deny her anything. At least, short of the stuff that might make him burst into tears, which he was apt to do.

Taking a deep breath, Obito straightens but doesn't move to push her away. She doesn't deserve that. "Gai said..." He takes another deep breath. "Gai says I should move forward. And... I think that's right. But I'm not sure what that means for me right now."