[She'll have none of that, Jiraiya.]

Publisher... you finally did it?

[And now Kushina's going to flip the book back up to see Jiraiya's picture again, peering closely to the book as if trying to study it. She noticed his age difference immediately, but didn't dwell on it. Now that it was staring her in the face - literally and figuratively - she couldn't help it.]

Congratulations! What did you finally decide to write about anyway? I never got to ask you.