Ino sighed because, oh sure, he was applying logic to it. Logic didn't have that much to do with her feelings, after all.

"Rank don't always mean bein' in command," she said, knowing she was just nitpicking. "But yeah, I know. I ain't sayin' it's a bad thing, exactly, just..."

She shrugged, knowing he couldn't see it.

"It just kinda sucks too. My teammates are both Chuunin and I've got the skills to be one," had had them since she'd been fourteen, even, "so it's not very fun to get a call sayin' you're forbidden to try, yeah?"