[ when he confesses that he does still get that kind of treatment, her anger doesn't quite subside despite him saying it to ease her mind. though, once he mentions all of the other people...
she's both jealous and sad. none of it showing as she keeps her expression rather the same. ]
Mogami? That was the name of that voice?
[ she recalls the tv but hadn't thought them to be same. ]
Yes. [It's fine, Izumo, no one needs to pay attention to twenty minutes of Mogami backstory, unskippable. He was actually a really good person in life very similar to Mob, while also working as a contract killer? Cool, cool, cool. Anyway, he nods. And he'll explain a little better.]
That world wasn't real. I have never gone to school with Asagiri-san. Mogami is an evil spirit who was possessing her. When I tried to make him stop, Mogami did this instead.
In real life, I have a family, and this year I have even started to make friends. In a way, Mogami was right. . . I never would use my abilities on someone who was being cruel to me like that, but to even have that view is only possible because I was fortunate enough to know that even if I wasn't able to stand up for myself, I have people who would. If anyone tried to pour milk on me, Ritsu would yell at them. If anyone tried to hit me, the other members of the Body Improvement Club would make them stop.
mobs's situation makes her insanely jealous. the fact that he can just list off names of people like this; people who would stand up for him and protect him. people who would support him... though despite of it, she can't fully get angry with him. they're the same but different; the things she has are not things she would wish for him not to have. it brings upon a terrible sinking feeling. ]
Kageyama...
[ though as she goes to speak, miketsuchi decides that it's a great time to touch one of the bubbles floating just past them to have it burst. and, well, hello insight. it's not the worst memory to speak of (thankfully), but it contrasts mob's reality vs izumo's past. some people are just fortunate while others appear to have things together when they're lacking so much. ]
[It does contrast his reality, but not his life. It's easy to relate, in some ways - seeing a different world from others, one that other people find creepy or hard to relate to. Being a little bit of an outcast because of it.
But there's definitely a big difference. The main thing he's impressed by is her caring for her little sister so well. That makes him feel a little bit ashamed of himself, by comparison. And a little bit jealous, too, but he knows that feeling is unfair. He has so many people who help him, no matter how unreliable and passive he is. His parents, his brother, his friends. . . they're all always helping him. Maybe the thing he relates the most to here is Izumo's mother - extraordinarily powerful, but because of that always coddled by others, so much that her own daughter can't even depend on her. He really doesn't want to become an adult like that.]
well, that's probably the first anyone has said to her. being a kid who is responsible for not only their sibling but on some level their mother as well is not always something acknowledged. ]
Huh?
[ of all of the things that she thought she would hear from mob after seeing that particular memory, what actually comes out of his mouth is something that she hadn't expected. everyone takes things differently but... that was his takeaway? then again, given his situation, maybe it shouldn't have been so surprising. ]
. . . Sorry. [It was a pretty personal memory filled with a lot of pain, huh? So maybe he should acknowledge that. Just, something about the way she takes on all of that responsibility for herself.]
I just see what you meant now, about not telling people to rely on you if you don't mean it.
[ she says this without condescending, or tries to anyway, because it's become clear to her that since their first talk, he certain tried. unlike so many other people, he took her words and did something with them. ]
You've capable enough on your own to have figured it out.
[She thinks he's capable? It hasn't really occurred to him that she scolds other people, too, not just him. But it also hasn't ever occurred to him to think he doesn't have something to learn from someone who scolds him.
So he's. . . kind of touched. Her opinion on him means something to him.]
[ he may be touched but it comes off strangely from an outsider's perspective. (is. that all she gets...?) ...or at least to her. izumo gives him some time before commenting on it. ]
[It was nice! He's just an awkward boy who doesn't expect to get compliments from someone like her. A lot of people encourage him, but somehow he feels like he must have actually earned this, which makes him happy.
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she's both jealous and sad. none of it showing as she keeps her expression rather the same. ]
Mogami? That was the name of that voice?
[ she recalls the tv but hadn't thought them to be same. ]
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That world wasn't real. I have never gone to school with Asagiri-san. Mogami is an evil spirit who was possessing her. When I tried to make him stop, Mogami did this instead.
In real life, I have a family, and this year I have even started to make friends. In a way, Mogami was right. . . I never would use my abilities on someone who was being cruel to me like that, but to even have that view is only possible because I was fortunate enough to know that even if I wasn't able to stand up for myself, I have people who would. If anyone tried to pour milk on me, Ritsu would yell at them. If anyone tried to hit me, the other members of the Body Improvement Club would make them stop.
So. . . I understand what he meant, a little.
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mobs's situation makes her insanely jealous. the fact that he can just list off names of people like this; people who would stand up for him and protect him. people who would support him... though despite of it, she can't fully get angry with him. they're the same but different; the things she has are not things she would wish for him not to have. it brings upon a terrible sinking feeling. ]
Kageyama...
[ though as she goes to speak, miketsuchi decides that it's a great time to touch one of the bubbles floating just past them to have it burst. and, well, hello insight. it's not the worst memory to speak of (thankfully), but it contrasts mob's reality vs izumo's past. some people are just fortunate while others appear to have things together when they're lacking so much. ]
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But there's definitely a big difference. The main thing he's impressed by is her caring for her little sister so well. That makes him feel a little bit ashamed of himself, by comparison. And a little bit jealous, too, but he knows that feeling is unfair. He has so many people who help him, no matter how unreliable and passive he is. His parents, his brother, his friends. . . they're all always helping him. Maybe the thing he relates the most to here is Izumo's mother - extraordinarily powerful, but because of that always coddled by others, so much that her own daughter can't even depend on her. He really doesn't want to become an adult like that.]
. . . Kamiki-san. You're a good big sister.
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well, that's probably the first anyone has said to her. being a kid who is responsible for not only their sibling but on some level their mother as well is not always something acknowledged. ]
Huh?
[ of all of the things that she thought she would hear from mob after seeing that particular memory, what actually comes out of his mouth is something that she hadn't expected. everyone takes things differently but... that was his takeaway? then again, given his situation, maybe it shouldn't have been so surprising. ]
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I just see what you meant now, about not telling people to rely on you if you don't mean it.
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...you didn't need to see all of that to know it.
[ she says this without condescending, or tries to anyway, because it's become clear to her that since their first talk, he certain tried. unlike so many other people, he took her words and did something with them. ]
You've capable enough on your own to have figured it out.
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So he's. . . kind of touched. Her opinion on him means something to him.]
. . . Oh.
*been, sobs.
That's it? Just "oh"?
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No, not just oh! I - I was just surprised! Um. It was a really nice thing to say.
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was what she said nice? she just said what was on her mind. ]
Well... Credit deserves to be where credit is due.
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Of course he doesn't express this.]
Well. . . I've been trying. Thank you.
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You're welcome, I guess. [ ... ] This doesn't mean you can start slacking off—got it?