[Hesitation is a good thing in his book. Shikamaru's still hesitant to speak lest he set her off again, but it's a little difficult to convey you're not here to fight without words.
Difficult but not impossible. Shikamaru takes his hands out of his pockets and holds them away from one another and out in front of him, palms open and fingers spread; not a weapon in his hand.
Besides being a somewhat universal symbol for 'please don't kill me, kthnx', it goes double for him. He needs to make the handseals to use most of his jutsu, and a part of him is curious to know if she remembers that.
If not, and she decides to blast him anyways, he's hardly defenseless this time around. Ninjas move a lot faster when they don't have a jutsu to control and keep them stationary.]
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Difficult but not impossible. Shikamaru takes his hands out of his pockets and holds them away from one another and out in front of him, palms open and fingers spread; not a weapon in his hand.
Besides being a somewhat universal symbol for 'please don't kill me, kthnx', it goes double for him. He needs to make the handseals to use most of his jutsu, and a part of him is curious to know if she remembers that.
If not, and she decides to blast him anyways, he's hardly defenseless this time around. Ninjas move a lot faster when they don't have a jutsu to control and keep them stationary.]