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[woodfortono]

[so just going to be training in the woods then]

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[pussyfortono]

Do you feel better?

[woodfortono]

...I guess. [but he's nuzzling at you a little]

[pussyfortono]

[ he's going to pet you then ]

[woodfortono]

[he shifts and wraps his arms around you, his back tensing a little before he blurts]

I hate this.

[pussyfortono]

. . . what do you hate?

[woodfortono]

Just--this stupid crap with Basco.

[pussyfortono]

That will change over time, Chiaki. But it did not help for you to see that.

[woodfortono]

[he just curls up further, his voice barely audible]

I hate being weak.

[pussyfortono]

[ that's when he cups your cheeks in his hands & drags your face up so he can look you in the eye ]

You are not weak, Chiaki. You are one of the strongest people I know.

[woodfortono]

[shakes his head and tries to pull away and not meeting your eyes]

Don't--he beat me, and there's nothing I can do about it. Don't.

[pussyfortono]

Am I weak for having been beaten by Jiu Wu?

[woodfortono]

What? No! But it doesn't matter, he's not a threat anymore. Basco... is.

[pussyfortono]

Camp can do more things and change that.

[woodfortono]

I know, just--

[shakes his head, not sure how to explain and getting more and more frustrated with himself]

I don't know, forget it.

[pussyfortono]

What is it?

[woodfortono]

Basco's a threat all the time and I can't stand being around him, but other people treat it like it's no big deal.

[he won't look at you, just ripping up grass with his fingers and curling in on himself tighter]

I'm being a coward.

[pussyfortono]

I cannot stand him being around either. If you are a coward then so am I.

[woodfortono]

[shakes his head, his forehead pressing to his knees]

[pussyfortono]

He is strong, Chiaki. We probably need all of us to defeat him.

[woodfortono]

Even if we did, it wouldn't do anything. [sounding exhausted]

[pussyfortono]

Perhaps. Perhaps not.

[woodfortono]

He wouldn't stay dead, and he'd just come back madder than ever. It wouldn't matter.

[pussyfortono]

I want to try sealing his abilities with mojikara.

[woodfortono]

...oh. [he didn't even. think of that]

[pussyfortono]

It needs work.