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[The only almost no is something Paul appreciates even more keenly after the sharp kick of refusal behind his ribs after Midoriya (Izuku) calls himself better bait. He's right, logically. There's no argument Paul can credibly make against it, except that he hates the idea, hates the images it brings to mind all too clearly.

Finding his equilibrium is a near thing. He has to get up and walk, tracing mindless paths along the floor.]

Midoriya-kun, I trust you. I know you wouldn't keep anything from me, or anyone else, that you didn't have a good reason to.

You're the leader in this fight. If there's a place where you need me, you know what I can do, and what I'm willing to do, which is anything that you want me to. If that means I stay out of the way and don't interfere, then I won't tell you that I like it, but I'll do it.

And I don't want you to be sorry for me. I want you to know that you don't have to wonder if anything will happen to me because of him, because it won't.

[It's not the first time Midoriya has reacted to a fact of Paul's life like a tragedy. It itches at the top of his spine, an uncomfortable pressure, but he forces it aside. There's already too much he has to look after first.]

I think you should tell Kaworu. I can help him, if he needs it, but he's a better liar than people think. He just usually doesn't see the point.

It'd hurt him, if we knew and didn't tell him, and it hurts you to keep it from him. Even if there was nothing else besides that, he should know.