[ It's not like they have to speak so softly. They're alone in the room, but.. maybe it's something about the mood, or maybe the vulnerability of this specific topic. It keeps the volume of Daniel's own weak voice low too, knowing he doesn't need to speak any louder for Robby to hear him anyway.
But-- he knows. He does know exactly what it's like to feel that way. He still remembers being Robby's age, after all, and standing there in Okinawa, staring at mister Miyagi as the man announced he would accept Sato's challenge of a fight to the death after all. He remembers the reassurances, the promises, that he could have the house and the cars back in America. I don't want the house or the pickup back home, I want you! It's been decades, and Daniel can still feel the exact desperation and worry that haunted him in that moment all the same now, maybe only strengthened by the fact that mister Miyagi did have to leave him in the end.
But he didn't understand it back then, did he. That these things are just inevitabilities of life. But conveying the message that way-- it feels too sad, and Robby is already so hurt. ]
I'm not planning on letting anything happen to me. [ At least he can reassure the boy of that. It's not like Daniel is ever going to look for danger, after all. The Mob situation just.. brought the danger to them instead.
His hand still slowly moves through the boy's hair with soothing motions. ]
But sometimes.. things might end up like this anyway. [ With Daniel hurt, with Robby worried. Trench isn't a kind nor a safe place. ] It's always going to be alright in the end though, even if it might take a bit to get there.
[ A bold claim when Daniel knows nothing about the extent of his injury right now, other than the pain that will hopefully be soothed soon by the potion. ]
Because nothing can separate us.
[ Because he has to be there for Robby. Maybe the claim that Robby has no one isn't true anymore now, but.. Daniel still can't help but feel responsible.
And he, on a personal level too, wants to be there with Robby. ]
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[ It's not like they have to speak so softly. They're alone in the room, but.. maybe it's something about the mood, or maybe the vulnerability of this specific topic. It keeps the volume of Daniel's own weak voice low too, knowing he doesn't need to speak any louder for Robby to hear him anyway.
But-- he knows. He does know exactly what it's like to feel that way. He still remembers being Robby's age, after all, and standing there in Okinawa, staring at mister Miyagi as the man announced he would accept Sato's challenge of a fight to the death after all. He remembers the reassurances, the promises, that he could have the house and the cars back in America. I don't want the house or the pickup back home, I want you! It's been decades, and Daniel can still feel the exact desperation and worry that haunted him in that moment all the same now, maybe only strengthened by the fact that mister Miyagi did have to leave him in the end.
But he didn't understand it back then, did he. That these things are just inevitabilities of life. But conveying the message that way-- it feels too sad, and Robby is already so hurt. ]
I'm not planning on letting anything happen to me. [ At least he can reassure the boy of that. It's not like Daniel is ever going to look for danger, after all. The Mob situation just.. brought the danger to them instead.
His hand still slowly moves through the boy's hair with soothing motions. ]
But sometimes.. things might end up like this anyway. [ With Daniel hurt, with Robby worried. Trench isn't a kind nor a safe place. ] It's always going to be alright in the end though, even if it might take a bit to get there.
[ A bold claim when Daniel knows nothing about the extent of his injury right now, other than the pain that will hopefully be soothed soon by the potion. ]
Because nothing can separate us.
[ Because he has to be there for Robby. Maybe the claim that Robby has no one isn't true anymore now, but.. Daniel still can't help but feel responsible.
And he, on a personal level too, wants to be there with Robby. ]