You're not kidding. You're talking about a guy who set off the fire alarm because he burned instant noodles.
[Adam slides Wu a sympathetic smile at that, though. He's been there buddy.]
Short of stapling them to the floor we are kind of limited, it's true. Even I'm only successful like, a quarter of the time. And that's with years of knowing each other. I wouldn't take it too personally when you can't keep them in place.
At the end of the day, they love us. Sometimes we have to get through their cloud of "need to protect" and remind them that they're just as important to us. Protecting them is important too.
I think I blew Takashi's mind when I finally got him to understand that for the first time.
[ Wu nods, feeling a bit like he should be taking notes on all this. ]
I'm still trying to get Mako to understand that. I think he does, in his head? But not in the rest of him.
[ He sighs, shaking his head. ]
And I suppose we can't ask them to not risk themselves right now, either. I mean, it is kind of sort of the end of the world, so if there's a time for risk, it's now, but--
[ But he doesn't want to face the end of the world without Mako, either. ]
[Adam nods. Boy is that familiar.] Takashi understood logically first. It took a while for it to really sink in. We're asking them to fight against instinct, you know?
But you'll both get there. So long as you aren't shy about calling him out on it.
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[Adam slides Wu a sympathetic smile at that, though. He's been there buddy.]
Short of stapling them to the floor we are kind of limited, it's true. Even I'm only successful like, a quarter of the time. And that's with years of knowing each other. I wouldn't take it too personally when you can't keep them in place.
At the end of the day, they love us. Sometimes we have to get through their cloud of "need to protect" and remind them that they're just as important to us. Protecting them is important too.
I think I blew Takashi's mind when I finally got him to understand that for the first time.
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I'm still trying to get Mako to understand that. I think he does, in his head? But not in the rest of him.
[ He sighs, shaking his head. ]
And I suppose we can't ask them to not risk themselves right now, either. I mean, it is kind of sort of the end of the world, so if there's a time for risk, it's now, but--
[ But he doesn't want to face the end of the world without Mako, either. ]
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But you'll both get there. So long as you aren't shy about calling him out on it.
[A smirk.]
Something tells me you won't be.
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Did someone tell him? Did Mako tell Shiro? Did Shiro tell Adam? Is Adam going to yell at him?!
Frantically: ] I didn't mean to shoot him! I swear I didn't! It was an accident!
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That. Wasn't even close to what he expected.]
You... shot him?
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[ Wu snaps out, then shuts his mouth, looking away from the Fluid. He grimaces ]
And it, ah, inadvertently made him stop working so much.
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Did it help him understand why you wanted him to stop in the first place?
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I don't know if I'd recommend it. It made his brother threaten me.
[ He nods with a little smile ]
Yeah. It did. He's slowed down, now. And I think it's only partially because his leg is hurt.