Okay. Time's important, I get that. [but there has to be a way to try and redirect mob's thoughts if only to help himself.] Do you have the time to tell me what it is you remembered, at least?
Clearly he does have time, since he's doing nothing useful. But he seems too fixated right now; everything else just seems like it's getting in the way.]
I don't have time for any of this! I already waited too long!
Then let me help you! [maybe that'll get through to him? he's never seen mob this focused (frantic, maybe) and yeah, it's freaking him out a little but he's trying to wrap his head around what he could have possibly remembered.] I can't help if I don't know what's going on.
[...this is very, very familiar and there's a brief moment he looks exhausted in the sense of "ah, this?" but it disappears just as quickly as he squares his shoulders to look him in the eye.]
You won't know unless you try. Maybe there's something I can do to help you find your way. But I can't if I don't know what kind of danger you're in.
If I try to explain this. . . [Well.] My powers aren't working here, but I haven't pushed it that far. So it's still possible that if I pushed harder, whatever the Realm did won't be enough.
That kind of sounds like you're in danger, Mob. [pushing your powers to the brink? that sounds bad. too bad his specific memory with that sort of situation is gone so instead he has to work with hypotheticals.]
We know that the Realm is powerful and the Realm reacts to us. If you push too hard, what's gonna happen if it, and you, break?
[hm. give him a second, he's folding his arms over his chest.]
Okay. So you break the Realm and then possibly all of the Leaders, too. The Realm itself is what brought us here, and we know that the bridge is a gateway to other places. If they broke, what would you do then?
[he has MANY questions about mob's powers suddenly.]
That seems kind of like a bad idea. [he'll outright say that, but in a mildmannered tone.] Have you broken stuff like this before? [...wait.] And what do you mean or you woke up?
Yeah. Taking the things that you know how to do, and then applying it to find a solution. So. What do you know? What do you remember about yourself right now?
[This is such nice and well intentioned advice, but it doesn't exactly work the way it's meant to.]
I know how to. . . use my power to hurt others. So. . . if there's a solution, and it means someone powerful has to be hurt, maybe I'm the one who has to do that?
...your power can be used to help others too, right? I don't think it's about you being hurt either. [it's not working and that's okay, he'll just keep going.]
Help others. . . ? [That sounds familiar somehow. He nods, because he's not sure that's right for this situation, either, but it's less distressing, at least.]
I don't know what to do. If a person is going to hurt my family, I need to be able to stop that person.
There are two ways to stop a person. You either overpower them, or you help them understand that what they're doing is wrong and defeat them that way. Seems to me you'd get more out of the latter, you know? Otherwise then someone will be upset that you hurt the person who was going to hurt your family and then it continues without stopping.
[This is probably terrible advice for dealing with the specific situation of an evil organization that possibly burned your house down and kidnapped your family, and yet in this precise situation it would happen to be good advice.]
Help them understand. . . [Whether or not Mob knows it would actually help, he wants that to be right. Looking at himself.] I know how to overpower someone. I'm not sure I know how to do the other way.
[it's also terrible advice for an organization that's busy trying to steal your heart and/or use you as a vessel to help destroy all the worlds but hey, sometimes it happens. it's what he knows how to do best.]
If you're not sure how to do something, then you ask for help. Easy. That's why I'm saying you've gotta take a step back, relax a little and let us help you. Even with your powers you shouldn't have to do things yourself.
["can't" is another word here but hm. he's now really, really curious what the hell mob's powers let him do.] Plus you don't know how the Realm's gonna respond. You won't be able to get out of here if something unexpected happens while you're trying to overpower it.
[Even though he's upset, he's not upset at anyone here.]
I'm not going to let something like that happen. So please don't worry about something like that.
[So - he'll step back a little, maybe. And stop trying to push. If the only outcomes of pushing are either nothing happens or he hurts someone, then. . .]
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[Yes - he can edge himself in, and Mob won't try to fight him or hit him.]
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Okay. Time's important, I get that. [but there has to be a way to try and redirect mob's thoughts if only to help himself.] Do you have the time to tell me what it is you remembered, at least?
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Clearly he does have time, since he's doing nothing useful. But he seems too fixated right now; everything else just seems like it's getting in the way.]
I don't have time for any of this! I already waited too long!
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But he'll try to give Sora an explanation.]
If it will help us get home sooner, I can explain. But I don't think it will help, and explaining can be dangerous.
If I talk about what happened, it may be very dangerous. So it's better if I do this on my own.
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You won't know unless you try. Maybe there's something I can do to help you find your way. But I can't if I don't know what kind of danger you're in.
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[He wouldn't care, if it was that.]
If I try to explain this. . . [Well.] My powers aren't working here, but I haven't pushed it that far. So it's still possible that if I pushed harder, whatever the Realm did won't be enough.
I really, really don't want that to happen.
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We know that the Realm is powerful and the Realm reacts to us. If you push too hard, what's gonna happen if it, and you, break?
[...he thinks that's what mob means, anyway.]
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If I push too hard, I might break it.
[Is it egotistical to assume you're more powerful than the Realm, even after everything that's happened???]
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Okay. So you break the Realm and then possibly all of the Leaders, too. The Realm itself is what brought us here, and we know that the bridge is a gateway to other places. If they broke, what would you do then?
[he has MANY questions about mob's powers suddenly.]
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[That's as far as he can think? It probably wouldn't really happen like that, but it's at least how he sees it.]
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[This isn't a plan, Sora! But he nods.]
Usually, eventually, I wake up from it.
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[he will make a plan soon!! right now he's very concerned!]
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No. This, right now - these are just my feelings. This is what they're like. But there's something else that could be worse.
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I want you to try something. When I can't solve a problem, usually I start thinking of something else to see what I know to fix it. Can you do that?
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[He doesn't know how to fix it, though?]
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I know how to. . . use my power to hurt others. So. . . if there's a solution, and it means someone powerful has to be hurt, maybe I'm the one who has to do that?
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Help others. . . ? [That sounds familiar somehow. He nods, because he's not sure that's right for this situation, either, but it's less distressing, at least.]
I don't know what to do. If a person is going to hurt my family, I need to be able to stop that person.
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There are two ways to stop a person. You either overpower them, or you help them understand that what they're doing is wrong and defeat them that way. Seems to me you'd get more out of the latter, you know? Otherwise then someone will be upset that you hurt the person who was going to hurt your family and then it continues without stopping.
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Help them understand. . . [Whether or not Mob knows it would actually help, he wants that to be right. Looking at himself.] I know how to overpower someone. I'm not sure I know how to do the other way.
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If you're not sure how to do something, then you ask for help. Easy. That's why I'm saying you've gotta take a step back, relax a little and let us help you. Even with your powers you shouldn't have to do things yourself.
["can't" is another word here but hm. he's now really, really curious what the hell mob's powers let him do.] Plus you don't know how the Realm's gonna respond. You won't be able to get out of here if something unexpected happens while you're trying to overpower it.
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[Even though he's upset, he's not upset at anyone here.]
I'm not going to let something like that happen. So please don't worry about something like that.
[So - he'll step back a little, maybe. And stop trying to push. If the only outcomes of pushing are either nothing happens or he hurts someone, then. . .]
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