[And this was another talkative one. A Konoha shinobi as well. One from his future, past, or present though? Clearly neither too far in the past or the future if he knew and used the term Hokage and had what sounds to be a usual team composition.

While 'reality' is less changeable, he can at least agree with this shinobi on the concept of dismissing fate.]

I don't see the point in romanticizing the place. Wherever this place may be, it is nothing more or less than what those who control it or those who live within it make it.