[ He told Johnny that he didn't like talking about Kreese behind his back, and that was only half a lie. It might make him feel a bit guilty but he also feels that he alone has the right to do it. ]
His name is John Kreese. We met when we were soldiers, some fifty years ago now. He was...strong. Harsh, too, but it was a harsh world. [ He takes his hand off of the tree, standing steady on his own again. ]
He saved my life. And I don't mean that in the sense that he pushed me down before a bullet whizzed by or caught me by the back of the shirt before I fell in a pit. He fought to the death for me against a man twice his size. [ Terry would have been just as loyal if it was some small gesture that saved his life instead of the grand one that it was. It's in his nature. But he wouldn't feel quite as strong in other ways, and it's those other ways that make him go to bat for John again and again despite his own conflicting emotions. ]
I don't deny that he was hard on Mr. Lawrence [ Is there any point in keeping Johnny's identity a secret when they're the only two going on and on about Cobra Kai? Probably not. ] but to see him stand here and call John Kreese an 'asshat' behind his back when he's lived a very comfortable life in comparison -
[ He shakes his head, his eyes wide and full of rage. ] I can't stand for that.
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[ He told Johnny that he didn't like talking about Kreese behind his back, and that was only half a lie. It might make him feel a bit guilty but he also feels that he alone has the right to do it. ]
His name is John Kreese. We met when we were soldiers, some fifty years ago now. He was...strong. Harsh, too, but it was a harsh world. [ He takes his hand off of the tree, standing steady on his own again. ]
He saved my life. And I don't mean that in the sense that he pushed me down before a bullet whizzed by or caught me by the back of the shirt before I fell in a pit. He fought to the death for me against a man twice his size. [ Terry would have been just as loyal if it was some small gesture that saved his life instead of the grand one that it was. It's in his nature. But he wouldn't feel quite as strong in other ways, and it's those other ways that make him go to bat for John again and again despite his own conflicting emotions. ]
I don't deny that he was hard on Mr. Lawrence [ Is there any point in keeping Johnny's identity a secret when they're the only two going on and on about Cobra Kai? Probably not. ] but to see him stand here and call John Kreese an 'asshat' behind his back when he's lived a very comfortable life in comparison -
[ He shakes his head, his eyes wide and full of rage. ] I can't stand for that.