575 spoilers...I think

[zombitachi]

You, too, insist on dragging out my story, right when it's nearing its end, for what must be the final time...

I'm perfectly aware of your intentions, Mundane-san. Whether I approve of them or not is irrelevant, under these circumstances. In a way, they're more dire than those of the Edo Tensei; I'm unable to break free from your mind. I can only hope my existence goes unnoticed. Fate did not favor me there, but perhaps it will here. And perhaps, then, I will also meet my final end here.

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sleep well!

[malignancy]

Tch, you see it only the way you want to see it.

It doesn't matter how I came to know the truth. The truth set me free.

Whether or not he benefits from my vengeance makes no difference to me. I would discard him as easily as any other tool if it served my purpose.

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[zombitachi]

What a foolish thing to say. [to an Uchiha, who pride themselves on their superior eyesight. and to him in particular, that he wouldn't recognize the look in his own eyes.]

It made all the difference in the world, telling you when you were most vulnerable, most likely to be swayed. It wasn't a blessing, it was a curse.

[...] As you said, my time to influence the living world has passed. Nothing I can say will make any difference now. But I will say this: I won't watch you destroy Konoha, little brother.

[malignancy]

[Sasuke scowls and looks off to the side, but he doesn't feel the need to justify himself at all, especially not to Itachi. after all, Sasuke had to hear from someone else the truth.]

[and he's right. nothing he says will dissuade Sasuke from this path. Itachi doesn't understand that Sasuke's doing this out of love for his brother. it's a twisted type of love that's corrupted what Itachi had wanted all along, btu Sasuke cannot go on without justice, not after hearing that Itachi still loved him all these years.]

Then turn your eyes away, dear brother. Konoha's end approaches.

[zombitachi]

[actually, Itachi does understand why Sasuke is reacting this way. his own love was just as twisted. and it drives home just how wrong he had been to try to do everything on his own, why his plan had failed.]

[he turns his own gaze skyward.]

What will become of you? Will you also meet your end, when there are no more obstacles to overcome?

[malignancy]

[there's silence for a moment.]

[Sasuke holds no optimistic thoughts about the future, about living out his life triumphantly and living to old age. he's never had that in mind.]

We all die. I am no different.

[it also shows the difference between Sasuke and Madara. there's no desire for immortality or anything like that. the only thing he wants is his revenge. what happens to him after that, he doesn't care?]

[and the way he looks at Itachi, like it will be the last time they ever meet, makes it obvious that Sasuke holds no high thoughts of meeting his brother in some sort of paradise in the afterlife. he knows where he's going, and it's not the same place that shinobi who stay true to their village go.]

[zombitachi]

[another reaction Itachi had feared. he closes his eyes, head still angled towards the heavens, another place where Sasuke belongs. someday.]

[and since it doesn't matter what he says now...]

To me, you are.

[malignancy]

[his face is blank for a long time, completely emotionless.]

[then he smiles a little and lifts his hand towards Itachi's face as if to grab him or slap him or something.]

[that doesn't happen though. Sasuke merely pokes his brother on the forehead and then turns his back on him to walk away.]

Sorry, brother. Some other time.