( not compromising something you stand for... it's an ideal that makoto gravitates to strongly. he's similar, in a way—full of haphazard, strident personal standards, always wanting to draw a dramatic line in the sand when they're being imposed upon.
but J had taught him in a way he would never forget, not as long as his indefinite life as a demon stretched, that such things didn't matter if you didn't have the strength to back them up. and, where he's from, the only way to gain strength like that is the very deception that robin is presently eschewing. quite the conundrum. )
No, you're right. I probably don't. But... I guess I still worry. Suppose I do decide to go back, or we're all put back home as suddenly as we were brought here. What if I've forgotten all the things I was learning? That would put me in... a bit of a dangerous situation. So I think sometimes I do still need to practice, just so I don't forget.
( and if he gets a little better at reading people and maybe figuring out how to manipulate them to his advantage... all the better )
But, um. Don't worry. I wouldn't do anything like that to you or anyone else who's actually kind to me.
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but J had taught him in a way he would never forget, not as long as his indefinite life as a demon stretched, that such things didn't matter if you didn't have the strength to back them up. and, where he's from, the only way to gain strength like that is the very deception that robin is presently eschewing. quite the conundrum. )
No, you're right. I probably don't.
But... I guess I still worry. Suppose I do decide to go back, or we're all put back home as suddenly as we were brought here.
What if I've forgotten all the things I was learning? That would put me in... a bit of a dangerous situation.
So I think sometimes I do still need to practice, just so I don't forget.
( and if he gets a little better at reading people and maybe figuring out how to manipulate them to his advantage... all the better )
But, um. Don't worry. I wouldn't do anything like that to you or anyone else who's actually kind to me.