Thank you for commenting and for the encouragement! 100 words really are harder than they look, but I had fun trying to make it fit. I reckon I'd be doing more of these if I can. :)

The thought of Gaara without Shukaku is always nagging me at the back of mind for some reason. There's a whole lot of possibilities for how he, Sand, and just the people around him in general may take it. Since the "aftermath" hasn't been touched upon in the manga at all, I keep coming back to wonder about it.