Yeah. I don't want to say 'of course' because I guess I didn't make it obvious enough—
[but to him, it feels like something that's such a given that it'd warrant an 'of course']
I care about you. I don't think you'd lead me astray just to use me. I trust you.
[and he says it because - to mineo, trust is the real difficult currency to get with him. he can have friends, he can have allies, but trust is something that he's hesitant to just hand out]
... don't forget that now that I've made it clear, okay?
someone's getting another hug if the first ever stopped ]
... I won't. I promise. Thank you, Mineo. [ she leans back, a little ] It's not that I didn't trust you. But I didn't know if you trusted me the same way.
Ah... It's a politeness and etiquette thing - though you wouldn't guess from Takeru. Though he doesn't subscribe to a lot of Japanese customs in general. My parents sort of drilled that stuff into my head, though. It's like... Last name basis by default, and '-san' is an honorific of some distance and respect. They change as people can get closer.... '-Chan' and '-kun', and stuff.
But... I think calling someone by their first name shows that - we're close?
Yeah - it's probably hard to get an idea of... but everything's pretty hierarchical where I am. You gotta adjust how you talk to people at work and stuff.
But uh - it's different here. I guess I just default to being pretty polite... at least in how I address people.
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[ . . . ]
And I have my own biases too, you know. Not even counting Takeru.
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[ is she not getting which biases he means. maybe. ]
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You can risk it - with me.
[he can't speak for anyone else but]
I would've chosen you. And I'm sorry that you had room to doubt that - I'll do better.
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... Really? You would've?
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Yeah. I don't want to say 'of course' because I guess I didn't make it obvious enough—
[but to him, it feels like something that's such a given that it'd warrant an 'of course']
I care about you. I don't think you'd lead me astray just to use me. I trust you.
[and he says it because - to mineo, trust is the real difficult currency to get with him. he can have friends, he can have allies, but trust is something that he's hesitant to just hand out]
... don't forget that now that I've made it clear, okay?
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well.
someone's getting another hug if the first ever stopped ]
... I won't. I promise. Thank you, Mineo. [ she leans back, a little ] It's not that I didn't trust you. But I didn't know if you trusted me the same way.
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.... that's okay. [a little huff, gentle] .... I trust less than people think, so it's actually probably a fair call.
[he can count the people he really, truly trusts here on one hand]
... but I don't think you'll make me regret it. So believe in me a little more, okay? Now that we know we trust each other.
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[ she would rather not be targeted for murder again thank ]
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Sleep soundly every Thursday moving forward, okay? I don't want you to ever deal with this again, Grace-sa—
[ . . . well.]
Grace.
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Ah... It's a politeness and etiquette thing - though you wouldn't guess from Takeru. Though he doesn't subscribe to a lot of Japanese customs in general. My parents sort of drilled that stuff into my head, though. It's like... Last name basis by default, and '-san' is an honorific of some distance and respect. They change as people can get closer.... '-Chan' and '-kun', and stuff.
But... I think calling someone by their first name shows that - we're close?
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[ she squints a little. it's very much not her culture so she doesn't quite get it, but: ]
It's kind of neat? But it feels like it'd be so complicated, having all those extra layers of respect.
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Yeah - it's probably hard to get an idea of... but everything's pretty hierarchical where I am. You gotta adjust how you talk to people at work and stuff.
But uh - it's different here. I guess I just default to being pretty polite... at least in how I address people.
[he's otherwise pretty casual]
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[ teasingly ]
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[a beat]
Hmm... Kind of.... Sounds weird now that you say it like that...
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[ she's muffling a laugh at him now tho ]
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Well - it's not anymore! It's just Grace, so....!!
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Just Grace? Wow.
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That's - not what I meant either....!!
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Relax. I know. We're friends, right?
[ and she's said it before but now!! it is More Real ]
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... yeah. We are.
But I definitely didn't mean to say that you're just anything.... You're Grace. And I'm really glad I can talk to you like that now.
[without honorifics or more barriers between them]
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I'm glad too. [ she looks away briefly with a laugh ] Well, we can say one good thing came out of this whole mess.
[ being targeted for death brings you closer to people, who knew ]