That would depend on how they were trained. [It's careful, measured.]
Would you like your fighter better, if he didn't?
[Nisei doesn't actually have to hear what you'll say to that. He knows. What he wants ... is for you to feel it. For air and light to touch that truth. He knows you might hurt him for doing that to you. But he doesn't care. You're tougher than you look. You won't break, just from knowing what's really there.]
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Date: 2012-02-29 01:57 am (UTC)Would you like your fighter better, if he didn't?
[Nisei doesn't actually have to hear what you'll say to that. He knows. What he wants ... is for you to feel it. For air and light to touch that truth. He knows you might hurt him for doing that to you. But he doesn't care. You're tougher than you look. You won't break, just from knowing what's really there.]