[ The boy's reaction very much makes sense in the light of what he says next. There's a moment where Daniel mistakes the reaction for typical teenage embarrassment, similar to the kind Robby showed after planting that kiss on his cheek - but as it continues, Daniel does realise it's a little bit more than that. Something more emotional.
He kind of figures it's about Robby's mother before the boy says it. He may not have been able to see Shannon and Robby together a whole lot, and he knows that things can't always have been easy between them either - especially not with her just casually abandoning him by himself in an apartment while going on vacation herself - but there must have been some love there. Robby never seems to speak of her in the same way he used to speak of Johnny, after all.
And what sensation is more familiar to Daniel LaRusso of all people than missing family?
It leaves him with a hum of acknowledgement at the statement about his mother, a hand moving to idly rub the back of Robby's neck before the fingertips instead reassuringly brush through the ends of his hair. ]
I'm not sure. [ That's the first answer, but quickly followed by: ] Guess yours do though, huh?
[ Okay, yeah, maybe Johnny doesn't, but this statement isn't about discounting him as Robby's parent at all. It's about acknowledging the implication hidden in Robby's words, the implication that makes Daniel's heart melt inside of his chest, and seizing hold of the implication. Taking the spot that Robby is willing to grant him here, the one Daniel has been longing for. ]
Unless you're saying you dislike it.
[ Daniel doesn't think Robby is disliking it even the slightest bit. ]
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He kind of figures it's about Robby's mother before the boy says it. He may not have been able to see Shannon and Robby together a whole lot, and he knows that things can't always have been easy between them either - especially not with her just casually abandoning him by himself in an apartment while going on vacation herself - but there must have been some love there. Robby never seems to speak of her in the same way he used to speak of Johnny, after all.
And what sensation is more familiar to Daniel LaRusso of all people than missing family?
It leaves him with a hum of acknowledgement at the statement about his mother, a hand moving to idly rub the back of Robby's neck before the fingertips instead reassuringly brush through the ends of his hair. ]
I'm not sure. [ That's the first answer, but quickly followed by: ] Guess yours do though, huh?
[ Okay, yeah, maybe Johnny doesn't, but this statement isn't about discounting him as Robby's parent at all. It's about acknowledging the implication hidden in Robby's words, the implication that makes Daniel's heart melt inside of his chest, and seizing hold of the implication. Taking the spot that Robby is willing to grant him here, the one Daniel has been longing for. ]
Unless you're saying you dislike it.
[ Daniel doesn't think Robby is disliking it even the slightest bit. ]