Look, I'm not going to pretend I don't think the entire thing with Akatsuka is ridiculous. But I think you knew it would sound like that.
[She just. REALLY had to get it out of the way.]
But neither you or the rest of your kin have given me any real reason to doubt it. So I really can't.
So, with that said.
[She actually motioned a waitress to get her another cup of coffee. Riye didn't want her doughnut, but she really needed some coffee. Worn out and all.]
He sounds like...a dad in some way. Almost, but not quite, a surrogate. With that as a metaphor, look at it in this angle.
If your dad told you this is how he wanted you to be, no matter what you wanted, you could call that manipulation or control. You know, abuse. If being independent is what you really want, he can't touch you here.
If this guy was so hellbent on keeping the status quo, that can't happen here. Surely you've noticed those rules just don't work. No one is laughing when someone knocks you out cold. No one's in the audience laughing when your own humanity is poked at for the sake of crass humor. You're not tied to him, you don't have to be. If you really don't want to.
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[She just. REALLY had to get it out of the way.]
But neither you or the rest of your kin have given me any real reason to doubt it. So I really can't.
So, with that said.
[She actually motioned a waitress to get her another cup of coffee. Riye didn't want her doughnut, but she really needed some coffee. Worn out and all.]
He sounds like...a dad in some way. Almost, but not quite, a surrogate. With that as a metaphor, look at it in this angle.
If your dad told you this is how he wanted you to be, no matter what you wanted, you could call that manipulation or control. You know, abuse. If being independent is what you really want, he can't touch you here.
If this guy was so hellbent on keeping the status quo, that can't happen here. Surely you've noticed those rules just don't work. No one is laughing when someone knocks you out cold. No one's in the audience laughing when your own humanity is poked at for the sake of crass humor. You're not tied to him, you don't have to be. If you really don't want to.
If any of you don't want to.