[ Naruto can't help but think of Pein in this situation, of how enraged Naruto had been and still is with the destruction he's causing apparently without cause... but then he thinks about Sasuke and his revenge spiral, and Naruto's own quick fury-fuelled thirst for revenge and the negative surge he'd felt from Kyuubi deep inside of him. He swallows. ]

Yeah, sometimes what people do in response to bein' treated badly doesn't make up for it, or mean they can get away with it.. but I still don't think anyone is born bad. [ He wasn't, Sasuke wasn't, maybe even Pein wasn't. He hated Zabuza more than he could really bring himself to comprehend, but even then Zabuza had been tainted by the setting he'd found himself in, and now Naruto can't remember why he'd been so livid with him. ] I'm not sayin' they get let off, y'know, but everyone deserves a second chance.. If they blow it after that, then.. [ He shrugs. ] Then it's probably time for jail or confinement or whatever.