[Rei nods at that, understanding and still agreeing. She wasn’t going to push the devil’s advocate thing, she just wanted to listen to his reasoning without prodding too much and felt it might be easiest that way to do it without sounding patronizing. She still was trying to step carefully around Hiro, given that he’d found his brother dead less than a week ago, after all. Teenage boys were…hard…for her sometimes and even she had to admit her logic was probably a little circuitous but the results were what mattered. He wasn’t rushing in blind.
And the way he was talking to her showed her something else. Something she found equally interesting. He actually cared about what she thought, or he wouldn’t be swearing.]
Hiro-kun. It’s not a bad idea. Especially when you put it like that. Learning what came before, as far as CERES is concerned is smart.
I was more worried you were just in a hurry to rush out and get back to feeling active without really taking a little time to put together a logic train. [Folding her hands in front of her, Rei’s attention focuses on Hiro’s eyes, trying to gauge his reaction.] I just don’t want you rushing into things because you think you have to. I know you’re a brilliant, reliable young man, and I agree one hundred percent that we have to do something. I just want you to slow down and think, because when I was younger I was a lot more like that. And I got myself into a lot of situations that could easily have gotten me killed. I’d hate for you to fall into the same pitfalls I did, when they’re easily circumvented by that big brain of yours.
Though…[Rei looks away, rubbing her left arm with her right a little awkwardly. Admitting this was hard, and it was likely a large part of why she was so worried about him. But she’d promised that she’d help him out, and that makes this eat at her a bit. Too many bad memories, too much time feeling trapped.] I think in this case, I’m not I’d be able to come help. Not…anytime soon, anyway. Mentally I don’t think I’m prepared for that right now.
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And the way he was talking to her showed her something else. Something she found equally interesting. He actually cared about what she thought, or he wouldn’t be swearing.]
Hiro-kun. It’s not a bad idea. Especially when you put it like that. Learning what came before, as far as CERES is concerned is smart.
I was more worried you were just in a hurry to rush out and get back to feeling active without really taking a little time to put together a logic train. [Folding her hands in front of her, Rei’s attention focuses on Hiro’s eyes, trying to gauge his reaction.] I just don’t want you rushing into things because you think you have to. I know you’re a brilliant, reliable young man, and I agree one hundred percent that we have to do something. I just want you to slow down and think, because when I was younger I was a lot more like that. And I got myself into a lot of situations that could easily have gotten me killed. I’d hate for you to fall into the same pitfalls I did, when they’re easily circumvented by that big brain of yours.
Though…[Rei looks away, rubbing her left arm with her right a little awkwardly. Admitting this was hard, and it was likely a large part of why she was so worried about him. But she’d promised that she’d help him out, and that makes this eat at her a bit. Too many bad memories, too much time feeling trapped.] I think in this case, I’m not I’d be able to come help. Not…anytime soon, anyway. Mentally I don’t think I’m prepared for that right now.