[Oh--wait, what's this? "Filter"? Oh, a private channel now or whatever...
He reads the text, though, and then the filter makes sense. Unseen, he smiles dryly to himself--it's still really kind of bizarre, being able to have a talk like this, finding people who can talk about strength like this. As far as Shizuo's concerned, this all skips right past "useful" and into....ah, relateable? Relieving? Something like that...]
Yeah, having control in that sort of way...that's a really good thing to have. Useful as hell, if you ask me. ...I'm not afraid of the strength itself now, I guess...been too long for that now. It's what happens. Using it the wrong way, not being careful enough with people...hah, I'm still afraid of stuff like that right now.
[It's easy enough to tell Haise this in turn, really--he would have told anyone, if asked, because to Shizuo it always feels like an incredibly obvious thing, something that other people probably figure out for themselves anyway when they look at him--coward that he is in that way. But there's an extra sense of knowing that Haise would understand it, seeing him express a similar sentiment himself...]
Dunno if that's ever going to go away. Training might help with that, I guess...though my head's never very clear when I get in fights. I'm always so pissed off. Not sure if that's very trainable. [...Yeah, that's the crux of the problem, now that he thinks about it. But still--] Also, though, there's some really damn strong people around here. I keep getting surprised...hah, like you surprised me just now, even. It's not like this back home? I think I actually need to catch up a bit now. [Not for himself--no, less for his own safety, though he's gotten a recent eye-opener about that too. But if he wants to be helpful at all around here...if he wants to be able to keep an eye out for the friends he's made....]
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He reads the text, though, and then the filter makes sense. Unseen, he smiles dryly to himself--it's still really kind of bizarre, being able to have a talk like this, finding people who can talk about strength like this. As far as Shizuo's concerned, this all skips right past "useful" and into....ah, relateable? Relieving? Something like that...]
Yeah, having control in that sort of way...that's a really good thing to have. Useful as hell, if you ask me. ...I'm not afraid of the strength itself now, I guess...been too long for that now. It's what happens. Using it the wrong way, not being careful enough with people...hah, I'm still afraid of stuff like that right now.
[It's easy enough to tell Haise this in turn, really--he would have told anyone, if asked, because to Shizuo it always feels like an incredibly obvious thing, something that other people probably figure out for themselves anyway when they look at him--coward that he is in that way. But there's an extra sense of knowing that Haise would understand it, seeing him express a similar sentiment himself...]
Dunno if that's ever going to go away. Training might help with that, I guess...though my head's never very clear when I get in fights. I'm always so pissed off. Not sure if that's very trainable. [...Yeah, that's the crux of the problem, now that he thinks about it. But still--] Also, though, there's some really damn strong people around here. I keep getting surprised...hah, like you surprised me just now, even. It's not like this back home? I think I actually need to catch up a bit now. [Not for himself--no, less for his own safety, though he's gotten a recent eye-opener about that too. But if he wants to be helpful at all around here...if he wants to be able to keep an eye out for the friends he's made....]