[Slowly, with enough pause to ensure the animal can follow his movements, Sasuke rises to his feet. He doesn't move from this place, listening to the voice in his mind and gauging first how to answer. But he does feel the urgency in the awareness that they should not stay here much longer. There is a whole city out there of unknowns — before he came across this cat, it was his intention to better survey his surroundings.]

I mean that I am usually stronger. [More honesty surrendered without reluctance. It's not specific, but he doesn't feel he needs to be; he cannot sense anyone else close by with chakra, including the small creature before him.] And I had weapons. Those are all gone now.

[He partially turns, mismatched eyes sweeping the path ahead of them — through the concourse, up another flight of stairs, into pale and uncertain daylight.]

I'm going to look around. If you want to come with me, first you should retrieve what you threw away. It's possible you might need it. [It's an offer gently set between them; he won't be offended if he's refused.] Do you have a name?