[he doesn't seem surprised, but it's nicer than assuming.]
We couldn't have known. [not really.] Maybe if we had time or if we knew him better, we could have figured things out but Kano was always fell of surprises. It just means it's now more important than ever to really try to get to know each other. Doesn't it?
I have, too. Some people are more willing than others, and some people keep fighting it. [he folds his hands behind his head to lean back against the wall.]
Yeah. Kano's a complicated kind of person. He usually tried to change the subject to talk about me, too. Sometimes I think he wanted to help but he didn't know how to say so.
[and at this, he pauses to study mob if only because he's interested in his opinion.] Why do you think he did what he did?
Someone was trying to help him and made a mistake. They used a gem to change his feelings, so he'd be nice during the trial. But he didn't know what was happening, and he got scared and angry.
[...hm. well that truly backfired, but he doesn't say so.]
They didn't tell him before it happened? That's...a pretty big thing to change without any kind of warning. [he's not unhinged in the way kano is, but he can imagine anybody would be scared.] But that means they told him now, right? He knows everything?
[...he has a feeling he knows who was responsible and he just kind of looks the other way. he does not see. he does not perceive. but he's also not entirely impressed.]
What a mess...[but he nods in agreement.] People's feelings are incredibly important. People should be able to feel the way that they're feeling without somebody messing with them. That's not fair. Even the bad feelings are still theirs.
[and people can't grow, change, or be understood if they can't even trust what they're feeling.]
[Good. Sora understands. He sighs a little in relief.]
I think so, too. You can't force someone to change if they aren't ready to. But. . . there are people who think powers will solve everything. If they don't know it doesn't work that way, then. . . I can't be too angry with them.
Maybe that's true where they're from. But we're in a whole other world now. [he seems to finally get something donald tried to instill in him for years.] When I was traveling to the other worlds, my friends used to tell me that we had to be careful not to interfere more than we had to in order to protect the world order. That meant not telling people about the other worlds or changing too much. Sometimes I think we have to treat this place the same way. We have to try to understand how this Realm works and not think other things we're used to will work the same way.
[but he's pretty sure mob understands that.] ...and we'll just have to remind everybody to think a little more carefully before we start using stuff on each other.
The Realm. . . seems so cruel, but maybe because we don't understand it and it doesn't understand us. It thinks only in patterns. So if we're cruel to each other, it won't ever understand a different way.
I think you might be on to something. I was going to try to talk to the leaders later and see what they thought. If there's a way to break the pattern if they really think the Realm isn't capable of its own thoughts.
Good. [cute. he seems satisfied with that answer, though he tilts his head.]
Hey. Maybe next week...we can trade? You tell me yours and I'll tell you mine. I know it's a competition, but if we're on different teams we could still work together to find answers about what to do here.
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We couldn't have known. [not really.] Maybe if we had time or if we knew him better, we could have figured things out but Kano was always fell of surprises. It just means it's now more important than ever to really try to get to know each other. Doesn't it?
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[But yes, he agrees.]
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Did you go see him last night?
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But. . . we wound up talking about me, instead. He was always doing that. He wouldn't tell me much about himself, but he was always trying to help me.
I do understand better, why he did what he did at trial. I was angry at him for that, but it wasn't his fault.
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[and at this, he pauses to study mob if only because he's interested in his opinion.] Why do you think he did what he did?
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Someone was trying to help him and made a mistake. They used a gem to change his feelings, so he'd be nice during the trial. But he didn't know what was happening, and he got scared and angry.
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They didn't tell him before it happened? That's...a pretty big thing to change without any kind of warning. [he's not unhinged in the way kano is, but he can imagine anybody would be scared.] But that means they told him now, right? He knows everything?
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[But. He doesn't look super impressed about it.]
I think. . . people's feelings are something that's very important.
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What a mess...[but he nods in agreement.] People's feelings are incredibly important. People should be able to feel the way that they're feeling without somebody messing with them. That's not fair. Even the bad feelings are still theirs.
[and people can't grow, change, or be understood if they can't even trust what they're feeling.]
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I think so, too. You can't force someone to change if they aren't ready to. But. . . there are people who think powers will solve everything. If they don't know it doesn't work that way, then. . . I can't be too angry with them.
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[but he's pretty sure mob understands that.] ...and we'll just have to remind everybody to think a little more carefully before we start using stuff on each other.
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The Realm. . . seems so cruel, but maybe because we don't understand it and it doesn't understand us. It thinks only in patterns. So if we're cruel to each other, it won't ever understand a different way.
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[Are they?]
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[...] You get along with yours, right?
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Good. [cute. he seems satisfied with that answer, though he tilts his head.]
Hey. Maybe next week...we can trade? You tell me yours and I'll tell you mine. I know it's a competition, but if we're on different teams we could still work together to find answers about what to do here.
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Okay. Next week is fine.
[He doesn't really understand why Sora wants to wait, since he doesn't understand limits on sharing, but he doesn't question it.]
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Thanks. And maybe by then we'll have some more answers to stuff, too. [and it gives me an excuse for a new siz thread post-execution if you're down.]
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[They sure will have more answers. And yes, absolutely.]