[Really, Sarada needs as many girl friends as possible, being stuck with Boruto and Mitsuki... It's as awful as Sakura being stuck with him and Naruto. Sad. Someone help these ladies life their best life.]

She isn't a bad daughter. [But he pauses like before, in a thoughtfully uncertain way. Something about the visible part of his face softens, eye downcast from Kaoru's gaze. And then he looks up and off, frowning.] Work keeps me busy.

I... haven't been home very much. To protect our village, I need to do some things elsewhere.

[He hopes Kaoru understands what he means without being so detailed. He's a deadbeat dad, too. End him.]