Well, not here at least. That'd be the worst status report ever. 'Sorry obaa-chan, I've been captured and now people are probably going to experiment on me soon. In fact it's probably not a good sign that I can communicate with you at all because that might mean that I'm dead!'

[he hasn't thought any of this through at all though, he's really just making it up as he goes

which is pretty obvious when he considers Sasuke's words.... and ponders them....]

But all their battles aren't that relevant anymore, you know? Like maybe I'd want to spar with them or something but I'm not cut out for the strategy talk anyway! Not that I need to be, since Hanbei-sama's a genius tactician anyway.

[aka he has almost no interest in intelligent conversation whatsoever]