[Midoriya is a good person. Paul has known this since they met, accepted it from the beginning. He is a good person, a better one than Paul is, better than Paul could be.
He hasn't seen Midoriya in his silver-dreams of the yet since he asked Paul not to look. He doesn't see him in the fire-dreams, either, with their echoes of the already-past. He only sees a door close; he is always on the wrong side.
The world is not kind to the good.]
Thank you for explaining, Midoriya-kun.
If that's what you want, I want you to have it. Let's try to save even him, then.
[With most people, that assurance might read as overcompensation, but Midoriya knows how seriously Paul takes his promises.]
You could be right.
That's the hook. That you could be right, and I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time, and if we follow my instinct, there's never any trying your way. There's unquantifiable risk in either choice, so that's a non-factor. Pragmatically, it's the correct first choice of action.
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He hasn't seen Midoriya in his silver-dreams of the yet since he asked Paul not to look. He doesn't see him in the fire-dreams, either, with their echoes of the already-past. He only sees a door close; he is always on the wrong side.
The world is not kind to the good.]
Thank you for explaining, Midoriya-kun.
If that's what you want, I want you to have it. Let's try to save even him, then.
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[ Because he can't tell with text, he asks, ]
This is a lot. Are you angry? You can be. It's all right. I'm listening. I always will.
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[With most people, that assurance might read as overcompensation, but Midoriya knows how seriously Paul takes his promises.]
You could be right.
That's the hook. That you could be right, and I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time, and if we follow my instinct, there's never any trying your way. There's unquantifiable risk in either choice, so that's a non-factor. Pragmatically, it's the correct first choice of action.
And as I said. I trust you.
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Well. He's showing more mercy than some Pro Heroes. ]
Thank you Paul-kun. I won't let you down.
[ His promise. When a hero says they'll do something, they'll do it. ]