It's more metaphorical than that ( he begins to explain. As it stood, Tobirama wasn't too bothered by the circumstances but it likely would become so. Then again, he was a man who made home where the people he cared for were. Quite literally; there wasn't a village before he worked so hard to help his brother create one. )

The space binding two points, two opportunities, two different directions -- this is how I interpret it.