his heart breaks for her, listening to her story, as her tears start to fall, and it's all over his face. imperceptibly, he nods a little to his sleeve, and ruoye pokes out, wriggling upwards to nudge at her cheek, wiping away a stray tear. ]
...No, it certainly didn't. [ not what they saw, what they fought, what they experienced. xie lian's somber, solemn in the words that come out of his mouth. there was no point to them fighting each other, except to suffer.
but. ] That is part of doing good, I think: that even doing the best we can in a situation such as that is not "the best" at all. The best outcome we could have hoped for was to minimize the casualties and loss as much as we can, which we did. You did.
[ xie lian squeezes her hands again. ] I think you're a good person, Miss Ochako, and a capable hero. You've showed incredibly bravery today - and compassion, too. To struggle with those what-ifs is a sign of that.
But if - if I hadn't used that serum, then couldn't we have just taken you both through that door and healed you without having to fight you?
[ neither of them have that answer, but ochako has the feeling that this will weigh on her mind for a long time to come. how much of what happened could have been avoided?
she doesn't know how to respond to xie lian's words. so she sniffles, offering ruoye a saddened, grateful smile, and tries to think ahead. that's what aizawa-sensei would tell her to do, right? ]
...I don't want what happened to us to happen to anyone else. I just don't know what we can do to stop it. The gun should help, if someone's injured, if it doesn't have side effects, too. But to prevent it...
Maybe, but... we don't know that for sure. We can't have known any of that; we can only make decisions based on our present knowledge, especially in a situation as high pressure as that one.
[ xie lian will stick with his conviction, though - that it was the right thing to do. he wants to handle it gently, but he is proud of ochako, for the heroic work that she did. heroic, difficult, dirty work...but she did it.
he won't linger, though. for her sake, and perhaps his own. ]
Your quirk... that fascinating power over gravity, yes? [ the thing that, really, saved them all even more injury. xie lian hums, thoughtfully, trying to gently pull her along and forward, too. that's at least a starting point. ] Have you trained in martial arts as a hero much, Miss Ochako?
[ grateful for the change of subject, ochako nods. ]
Mm, but only a little - mostly what I know is just self-defense. I still have a long way to go to hold up in a real fight, since my quirk isn’t really designed for it.
...I can't really do much right now, but I have always healed very quickly. Perhaps when we are both feeling better, if you'd like, I can instruct you in a few martial arts techniques...?
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his heart breaks for her, listening to her story, as her tears start to fall, and it's all over his face. imperceptibly, he nods a little to his sleeve, and ruoye pokes out, wriggling upwards to nudge at her cheek, wiping away a stray tear. ]
...No, it certainly didn't. [ not what they saw, what they fought, what they experienced. xie lian's somber, solemn in the words that come out of his mouth. there was no point to them fighting each other, except to suffer.
but. ] That is part of doing good, I think: that even doing the best we can in a situation such as that is not "the best" at all. The best outcome we could have hoped for was to minimize the casualties and loss as much as we can, which we did. You did.
[ xie lian squeezes her hands again. ] I think you're a good person, Miss Ochako, and a capable hero. You've showed incredibly bravery today - and compassion, too. To struggle with those what-ifs is a sign of that.
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[ neither of them have that answer, but ochako has the feeling that this will weigh on her mind for a long time to come. how much of what happened could have been avoided?
she doesn't know how to respond to xie lian's words. so she sniffles, offering ruoye a saddened, grateful smile, and tries to think ahead. that's what aizawa-sensei would tell her to do, right? ]
...I don't want what happened to us to happen to anyone else. I just don't know what we can do to stop it. The gun should help, if someone's injured, if it doesn't have side effects, too. But to prevent it...
[ she shrugs her uninjured shoulder, helpless. ]
I don't even have my quirk anymore.
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[ xie lian will stick with his conviction, though - that it was the right thing to do. he wants to handle it gently, but he is proud of ochako, for the heroic work that she did. heroic, difficult, dirty work...but she did it.
he won't linger, though. for her sake, and perhaps his own. ]
Your quirk... that fascinating power over gravity, yes? [ the thing that, really, saved them all even more injury. xie lian hums, thoughtfully, trying to gently pull her along and forward, too. that's at least a starting point. ] Have you trained in martial arts as a hero much, Miss Ochako?
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Mm, but only a little - mostly what I know is just self-defense. I still have a long way to go to hold up in a real fight, since my quirk isn’t really designed for it.
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...I can't really do much right now, but I have always healed very quickly. Perhaps when we are both feeling better, if you'd like, I can instruct you in a few martial arts techniques...?
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and then her face lights up in a smile. ]
Would you? That would be amazing, Xie Lian-san!