"Science and ninja magic." He shrugs. It's not like anyone explained shit to him each time he woke up from comas, and in one case from death. Not like The Hand really even had interest in sharing their secrets. "Didn't really have time to ask. I woke up and they put me to work."

It looked nicer from far away. After he lights up he hands it back and savors the cigarette. The place he'd been in before this was like hell, but he's glad this version of hell has cigarettes.

"The first time I wasn't completely dead. Just...paralyzed everywhere. And blind. Now that shit was hell. This is like paradise compared to that."