[mob keeps his gaze down because he can't deny that. robby is one of the kindest people he's met. he came to find him in the woods when he got lost, he gave him shoes and clothes when he first came here. robby's the one who got upset when mob told him about staying in the other city to keep everyone safe, who insisted on helping, who went on runs with him and made this daunting place feel survivable that first month. (24%, 25%)
maybe more than anything daniel knows robby best, doesn't he? if he's worried mob needs to listen to that. even if none of it is easy or clear.]
It's just- [his jaw works a moment, fingers curling and uncurling, little aborted movements of unease.] Things like this, when people get hurt, it gets complicated, doesn't it? I hurt him- I hurt you, and he had to watch, and he had to take care of it all.
Isn't it unfair to expect him to always be kind when he was hurt like that? Ritsu- he had complicated feelings too, when something like this happened. [and wasn't so kind. maybe that's something he clings to because if it's anything like ritsu then maybe one day robby will be willing to forgive him. just... with time. time and distance.]
.. yeah. It gets complicated. And people can have complicated feelings about it.
[ Another thing Daniel knows well. It's not like he has never seen Robby unkind before, after all. But that was aimed at him, and it was during a time where he deserved it, where his actions made it make total sense that Robby would react like that.
It feels much easier to justify than anything he's heard about here. ]
But.. Robby never blamed you for this. He was so worried that you'd blame yourself, Shigeo. [ Daniel says it softly, because.. well, Mob did blame himself, and Daniel doesn't want to put pressure on the poor boy over it.
But he believes it's this knowledge that makes Robby's attitude afterwards baffling. Unexplainable, unless there's something more going on. ]
He was basically begging me to go do something together to keep you from blaming yourself over all of it, even when I couldn't really move. [ Because Robby had been so out of it that he hadn't been able to think logically.
But even without that, he still didn't blame Mob. From the start, from instinct, he never blamed the boy. ]
Does that sound like a guy who'd then later turn around and say all those other things to you..?
[this is new information. mob goes quiet as he considers it compared to what happened. it's undeniable robby blamed him in some way when they spoke, and maybe more so mob felt a lot from robby during everything that happened, back when their bond was still open. even then, between all the fear and horror, robby was still worried about him.
robby even reached out when sunny was upset and in mob's body. maybe he was selfish at that time because part of him was happy, like maybe robby would change his mind, give him another chance.
he glances to daniel from under his bangs, tone a touch unsure when he says,] You really think he doesn't hate me for this?
[maybe that's a harsh word, a strong word, but he's tired and fourteen and he misses his friend. now he's a bit worried even. regardless of what's going on between him and robby, if sensei is worried about robby then something must be wrong somewhere.]
[ Daniel exhales, but more because it hurts to think that Mob genuinely thinks Robby hates him. This entire thing is-- it's such a mess, and none of it should even have happened in the first place.
He hates seeing kids sad. Hurting.
So he reaches out, putting a hand on the boy's shoulder. ]
Of course he doesn't hate you.
[ No matter what exactly is going on here, that much is firmly established in Daniel's mind. There's no way in hell that Robby hates Mob. That he could ever do so. ]
He cares about you so much. He's been so invested in helping out, constantly. That's exactly why this entire thing is so strange to me.
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maybe more than anything daniel knows robby best, doesn't he? if he's worried mob needs to listen to that. even if none of it is easy or clear.]
It's just- [his jaw works a moment, fingers curling and uncurling, little aborted movements of unease.] Things like this, when people get hurt, it gets complicated, doesn't it? I hurt him- I hurt you, and he had to watch, and he had to take care of it all.
Isn't it unfair to expect him to always be kind when he was hurt like that? Ritsu- he had complicated feelings too, when something like this happened. [and wasn't so kind. maybe that's something he clings to because if it's anything like ritsu then maybe one day robby will be willing to forgive him. just... with time. time and distance.]
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[ Another thing Daniel knows well. It's not like he has never seen Robby unkind before, after all. But that was aimed at him, and it was during a time where he deserved it, where his actions made it make total sense that Robby would react like that.
It feels much easier to justify than anything he's heard about here. ]
But.. Robby never blamed you for this. He was so worried that you'd blame yourself, Shigeo. [ Daniel says it softly, because.. well, Mob did blame himself, and Daniel doesn't want to put pressure on the poor boy over it.
But he believes it's this knowledge that makes Robby's attitude afterwards baffling. Unexplainable, unless there's something more going on. ]
He was basically begging me to go do something together to keep you from blaming yourself over all of it, even when I couldn't really move. [ Because Robby had been so out of it that he hadn't been able to think logically.
But even without that, he still didn't blame Mob. From the start, from instinct, he never blamed the boy. ]
Does that sound like a guy who'd then later turn around and say all those other things to you..?
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robby even reached out when sunny was upset and in mob's body. maybe he was selfish at that time because part of him was happy, like maybe robby would change his mind, give him another chance.
he glances to daniel from under his bangs, tone a touch unsure when he says,] You really think he doesn't hate me for this?
[maybe that's a harsh word, a strong word, but he's tired and fourteen and he misses his friend. now he's a bit worried even. regardless of what's going on between him and robby, if sensei is worried about robby then something must be wrong somewhere.]
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He hates seeing kids sad. Hurting.
So he reaches out, putting a hand on the boy's shoulder. ]
Of course he doesn't hate you.
[ No matter what exactly is going on here, that much is firmly established in Daniel's mind. There's no way in hell that Robby hates Mob. That he could ever do so. ]
He cares about you so much. He's been so invested in helping out, constantly. That's exactly why this entire thing is so strange to me.