[ Yu shakes his head slowly, his smile a little touched at the corners. ]
It's not dumb. It was a relief to me, too.
[ He was friendless before Inaba. He didn't want to go back to a life like that, ever. To a sterile life of loneliness, with his parents never around, and no companionship at school... just drifting blankly through his own life--
Never again.
He listens quietly as Yosuke explains his own take on Yu's power, his personas... It's hard not to remember Izanami, claiming ownership of him, in a way - taking responsibility for nudging his power into awakening. Yu tilts his head, huffing through his nose and looking down at the table before he looks up at Yosuke again. ]
You're not wrong. Keeping all of you safe... that was always my highest priority. But there's no denying my power only woke up because of what Izanami did. [ His mouth pulls briefly into a line. ] When I learned the truth about that... to be honest, I was a little chilled. Knowing that Namatame, Adachi-san, and I all had something in common like that...
[ ... what did that say about him? As a person?
Just that he had potential? Or that ... he was like those two men, in some way?
Adachi... ]
... I'm glad I had all of you with me. [ With real, gentle sincerity. There's a great wealth of feeling in his quiet voice. ] It's because of your friendship that I was able to stay on the right path.
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It's not dumb. It was a relief to me, too.
[ He was friendless before Inaba. He didn't want to go back to a life like that, ever. To a sterile life of loneliness, with his parents never around, and no companionship at school... just drifting blankly through his own life--
Never again.
He listens quietly as Yosuke explains his own take on Yu's power, his personas... It's hard not to remember Izanami, claiming ownership of him, in a way - taking responsibility for nudging his power into awakening. Yu tilts his head, huffing through his nose and looking down at the table before he looks up at Yosuke again. ]
You're not wrong. Keeping all of you safe... that was always my highest priority. But there's no denying my power only woke up because of what Izanami did. [ His mouth pulls briefly into a line. ] When I learned the truth about that... to be honest, I was a little chilled. Knowing that Namatame, Adachi-san, and I all had something in common like that...
[ ... what did that say about him? As a person?
Just that he had potential? Or that ... he was like those two men, in some way?
Adachi... ]
... I'm glad I had all of you with me. [ With real, gentle sincerity. There's a great wealth of feeling in his quiet voice. ] It's because of your friendship that I was able to stay on the right path.