I think it's alright if you don't want to sink to that level. Ichiban seemed proud of you, for not giving in to pure rage in that moment. Maybe I was wrong.
[she said all of those things about revenge because it makes her feel better, to put her emotions into something, and she didn't know how else to help. but there's something that feels so positive about watching him decide to handle it a different way.]
Yeah, he was on a totally different level. It was just like, it's effortless for him.
[ which, he knows isn't necessarily true. but no matter what, ichiban could just get up and keeping fighting, pushing forward, all to do something better. tomi isn't like that. he never will be like that, but... he can take these little steps and maybe get somewhere close. ]
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[she said all of those things about revenge because it makes her feel better, to put her emotions into something, and she didn't know how else to help. but there's something that feels so positive about watching him decide to handle it a different way.]
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[ which, he knows isn't necessarily true. but no matter what, ichiban could just get up and keeping fighting, pushing forward, all to do something better. tomi isn't like that. he never will be like that, but... he can take these little steps and maybe get somewhere close. ]
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[she can think of several people like that.]
The rest of us have to wade through the muck. But I suppose one can still take inspiration.