Hello, everyone!! I'm not here right now - probably in class or with my friends! Or on a mission. Um...leave me a message here and I'll get back to you soon, okay? Bye!!
... I wasn't trying to leave. [ He clarifies; he makes no move to pull away from her, not even to turn around. ]
I just... You tell me. What would you expect a Hero to do - finding a comrade upset, someone else you know to be strong - in a situation like this? Are they just supposed to ignore those emotions their comrade is suffering? Did they teach you that in class yet?
[ Not a civilian. He can guess a thousand ways just from watching TV alone, even if for him they might be a bit of a stretch to seem genuine. In this case, he's struggling, because this is the sort of thing they can't get on camera. If they do deal with it, it's in private. ]
Because I don't want to do nothing and I don't want you to have to deal with this alone... But I don't want to upset you more by acting out of turn, either.
[That's...a good question. Ochako is barely holding it together right now as is, desperately trying to dam up the raging torrent of emotions that is threatening to burst out of her at any second. Her mother. This particular fake used her mother against her this time, and she fell for it. Everything hurts, and she wants to just crumble away and scream and shout and cry, but.
She can't. Ochako can't because she doesn't want to burden Shinsou with something like that. A Hero Course hopeful, and this is how one of the students of the infamous Class A behaves in the face of a threat? How utterly shameful. If any one of her teachers saw her now, they'd probably be appalled, Ochako's traitorous mind tells her. No, she has to, like everything else, put those feelings away. Deal with them later, when she's by herself. Then she can have her moment. Not now.
"I don't want you to have to deal with this alone..."]
I'm...fine. [Liar.] I-I'll be...f-fine. Tha...th-thank you, Shinsou-kun. [Breathe. Slowly. In and out.] I...don't have a good answer to that. It depends on the person. But...w-we should--a Hero should always m-make sure no one is, hurt, and...a-and that all civilians are s-safe. First. Once that's done then...th-then--
...C-Comfort them. I can't tell you how, b-but...mo-most Heroes know each other w-well or, have w-worked together before... Some are good friends, too. So. [She sniffs, breathing a bit quick, ragged. They should really leave, this place is just making her feel sick the more Ochako lingers.] Th-That should make it easier.
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I just... You tell me. What would you expect a Hero to do - finding a comrade upset, someone else you know to be strong - in a situation like this? Are they just supposed to ignore those emotions their comrade is suffering? Did they teach you that in class yet?
[ Not a civilian. He can guess a thousand ways just from watching TV alone, even if for him they might be a bit of a stretch to seem genuine. In this case, he's struggling, because this is the sort of thing they can't get on camera. If they do deal with it, it's in private. ]
Because I don't want to do nothing and I don't want you to have to deal with this alone... But I don't want to upset you more by acting out of turn, either.
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She can't. Ochako can't because she doesn't want to burden Shinsou with something like that. A Hero Course hopeful, and this is how one of the students of the infamous Class A behaves in the face of a threat? How utterly shameful. If any one of her teachers saw her now, they'd probably be appalled, Ochako's traitorous mind tells her. No, she has to, like everything else, put those feelings away. Deal with them later, when she's by herself. Then she can have her moment. Not now.
"I don't want you to have to deal with this alone..."]
I'm...fine. [Liar.] I-I'll be...f-fine. Tha...th-thank you, Shinsou-kun. [Breathe. Slowly. In and out.] I...don't have a good answer to that. It depends on the person. But...w-we should--a Hero should always m-make sure no one is, hurt, and...a-and that all civilians are s-safe. First. Once that's done then...th-then--
...C-Comfort them. I can't tell you how, b-but...mo-most Heroes know each other w-well or, have w-worked together before... Some are good friends, too. So. [She sniffs, breathing a bit quick, ragged. They should really leave, this place is just making her feel sick the more Ochako lingers.] Th-That should make it easier.