More Time Braid Replies

More replies to questions, comments and criticisms from reviews:

Q: Shouldn't Naruto have more cool stuff? So far all we've seen is a super-henge!
A: Plus jounin-level taijutsu, ninjutsu techniques from all five elements, and at least one SS-rank ninjutsu (that breath weapon he used on the Shukaku was about as big as the one the canon Kyuubi!Naruto uses in four-tail mode). But still a valid point. Naruto hasn't gotten many chances to show his stuff in this fic, but I hope to have a few good scenes for him between now and the end.

Q: Was this fic's name inspired by the video game Braid?
A: Nope. Never heard of the game, actually.

Q: Why hasn't Sakura tried using her transformation skills to give herself the Byakugan?
A: Because she's discovered that Hinata's visual cortex is really, radically non-human. When she inhabits a copy of Hinata's body she can't make any sense at all of the visual input, and she doesn't feel safe trying to re-wire her own brian to cope. Not to mention the hints that there's actually something different about Hinata's soul (she can use Byakugan in a mindscape even when she doesn't have a physical body at all, for example).

Q: Could Sakura make a real resurrection technique if she learned the Edo Tensai?
A: Yes. If there’s a recent body she can restore it to life, and if there’s even a tissue sample she can make a new one. But ripping a soul out of the afterlife doesn’t sound like something she’d be eager to do, especially if there are indications that it actually does some kind of harm to them.

Q: How do you come up all the technical stuff about seals/jutsus/etc?
A: I’ve always been fascinated with attempts to build internally-consistent magic systems, and after 30 years of doing it constantly in RPGs it’s pretty much second nature by now.