[It's easy to talk to someone who just listens and encourages him; who doesn't get too upset or react to strongly. He takes a breath, the anxiety ticking back down again until he's calmer.]
I never thought about it that way before - the power to save people. [Well he has, but he forgot.] I didn't think I would miss them, but since coming here - if I had them, maybe there would be things I could have done that I wasn't able to do.
That's the difficult thing about power - it does come with a great burden. Because with power you can harm others if you aren't careful, and cause situations that cause hurt - but if you lack power and initiative, you also would only be able to stand idly by instead of being able to help anyone either.
[he shakes his head a bit]
Even then I think... that you do well for yourself here, and you do your best. That does count for something.
[ . . . . huh. soo-won blinks at that, a little surprised.]
That is quite the burden to be going through these types of ordeals twice.
.... but I didn't mean to suggest that it's not good to be surrounded by people who want to support you. On the contrary, I'm glad that you feel looked after here.
Rather... I just think that even if you didn't receive too much help, I think you'd be able to reach a good conclusion.
It wasn't the same, but it was also a terrible place.
[Soo-won's answer doesn't seem to satisfy him, so he'll continue a little.]
It was - a world created by a spirit. The place where I met Yuki. [The kitty cat - he mentioned to Soo-won when they met that she was from some kind of artificial place, right?] When he was alive, he had powers like I do, and he wanted to teach me something about them.
. . . His lesson worked. He was able to get me to use my powers to - to harm another person. I did something truly terrible there.
But I want to think it will be different this time! Because in that world, I didn't have anyone to talk to except for him.
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[It's easy to talk to someone who just listens and encourages him; who doesn't get too upset or react to strongly. He takes a breath, the anxiety ticking back down again until he's calmer.]
I never thought about it that way before - the power to save people. [Well he has, but he forgot.] I didn't think I would miss them, but since coming here - if I had them, maybe there would be things I could have done that I wasn't able to do.
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[he shakes his head a bit]
Even then I think... that you do well for yourself here, and you do your best. That does count for something.
You're growing just as much as the rest of us.
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It's because I have people like you, who always help me.
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Come now, Shigeo, don't give everyone else so much credit.
I'm happy to help you -
But I think you need my help less than you might think.
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. . . No. I need to have good people like you around me.
A little while ago, I was in a place that was nearly as awful as this place. But I was alone there. And that really. . . really made it different.
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That is quite the burden to be going through these types of ordeals twice.
.... but I didn't mean to suggest that it's not good to be surrounded by people who want to support you. On the contrary, I'm glad that you feel looked after here.
Rather... I just think that even if you didn't receive too much help, I think you'd be able to reach a good conclusion.
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[Soo-won's answer doesn't seem to satisfy him, so he'll continue a little.]
It was - a world created by a spirit. The place where I met Yuki. [The kitty cat - he mentioned to Soo-won when they met that she was from some kind of artificial place, right?] When he was alive, he had powers like I do, and he wanted to teach me something about them.
. . . His lesson worked. He was able to get me to use my powers to - to harm another person. I did something truly terrible there.
But I want to think it will be different this time! Because in that world, I didn't have anyone to talk to except for him.