"Always?" [she echoes, raising an eyebrow. First of all, that's patently untrue, she's as responsible for Ken and Shinjiro and has been for months. Second of all, she's rarely made it about herself where Goro's involved.]
Are you talking to me, or does Akira usually say the same things?
[Actually, he does. Kinda. But he doesn't think of Akira right now.]
You were like this during the incident at the bar with Dazai-san and Chuuya-san. [Back then she had acted similarly, as if it was her job to stop the every bad thing she saw.]
[Hm. Yeah, okay, he's got a point. Even still,] I don't think it's that weird not to want to see your friends get hurt.
[She taps her fingernails gently against the glass and adds,] I think we've all got a responsibility to look out for each other. Maybe we're not a team, but we're friends.
[He doesn't say anything to that. It's normal, he thinks. Something that normal people would do and think. Friendship is something that's still a rather new are for him..
But at least he doesn't go in rejecting that notion.]
Yet you're much more harsher towards yourself than to others.
Not the way you are. [He might hold himself up for a ridiculous standards, and punish himself mentally whenever he fails to meet any of his self-given requirements. But he barely blames himself for other people's shortcomings or feels responsibility over anyone other than himself.
Although he's slowly learning to build the bridges to his island of isolation.]
[Maybe it's why Akihiko and Mitsuru thought she'd make a good leader, or maybe she started feeling this way after she was given the responsibility of leading everyone. It's hard to say which was a result of which, so she just shrugs.]
Anyway, until I know you're not going to go too far, I don't want to fight you with my Personas. If you want a rematch with wooden weapons, that's fine.
[Ken could, but Goro doesn't seem like the type to have any healing skills. He's like Shinji in that respect, she'd be willing to bet.
She huffs and shakes her head.]
I'll take a concussion over handing you a blade any day, I think. Like I said, you're a really good fighter. I think I could learn from you! But not if I'm just trying to make sure both of us are alive at the end of it.
Robin Hood has a samarecarm. And even if he didn't you can.
[Hadn't she mentioned something about healing someone with her Persona just a now?..And, if they really wanted to do it and found a way to have access to their Personas they could have Akira there. That'd probably make her feel more safe.]
You don't think I'd be lethal with a wooden object? Hah, I'm not sure if I should be hurt by that or not. [He's mostly joking here.] But sure. Maybe I'll take you up on that challenge, Kotone.
We are not getting to the point where Samarecarm is needed!
[Buddy!! But she rolls her eyes, because of course he could kill someone with a wooden object. Lots of things can be used to kill someone. But it would be way more effort than knives, and those are her terms.]
If you wanna get beat again, sure.
[But, she's not above being just a little bit petty, giving him a smile because again -- he likes challenges, and she is incapable of not trying to tailor the things she says to whomever she's speaking to.]
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Are you talking to me, or does Akira usually say the same things?
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You were like this during the incident at the bar with Dazai-san and Chuuya-san. [Back then she had acted similarly, as if it was her job to stop the every bad thing she saw.]
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[She taps her fingernails gently against the glass and adds,] I think we've all got a responsibility to look out for each other. Maybe we're not a team, but we're friends.
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But at least he doesn't go in rejecting that notion.]
Yet you're much more harsher towards yourself than to others.
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[Just a gentle probe and a raised eyebrow. Isn't everyone way harder on themselves than on others?]
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Not the way you are. [He might hold himself up for a ridiculous standards, and punish himself mentally whenever he fails to meet any of his self-given requirements. But he barely blames himself for other people's shortcomings or feels responsibility over anyone other than himself.
Although he's slowly learning to build the bridges to his island of isolation.]
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[Maybe it's why Akihiko and Mitsuru thought she'd make a good leader, or maybe she started feeling this way after she was given the responsibility of leading everyone. It's hard to say which was a result of which, so she just shrugs.]
Anyway, until I know you're not going to go too far, I don't want to fight you with my Personas. If you want a rematch with wooden weapons, that's fine.
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Wood can be just as dangerous as blades, you know. Risking a concussion is no laughing matter.
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[Ken could, but Goro doesn't seem like the type to have any healing skills. He's like Shinji in that respect, she'd be willing to bet.
She huffs and shakes her head.]
I'll take a concussion over handing you a blade any day, I think. Like I said, you're a really good fighter. I think I could learn from you! But not if I'm just trying to make sure both of us are alive at the end of it.
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[Hadn't she mentioned something about healing someone with her Persona just a now?..And, if they really wanted to do it and found a way to have access to their Personas they could have Akira there. That'd probably make her feel more safe.]
You don't think I'd be lethal with a wooden object? Hah, I'm not sure if I should be hurt by that or not. [He's mostly joking here.] But sure. Maybe I'll take you up on that challenge, Kotone.
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[Buddy!! But she rolls her eyes, because of course he could kill someone with a wooden object. Lots of things can be used to kill someone. But it would be way more effort than knives, and those are her terms.]
If you wanna get beat again, sure.
[But, she's not above being just a little bit petty, giving him a smile because again -- he likes challenges, and she is incapable of not trying to tailor the things she says to whomever she's speaking to.]