he reacts more or less like a guy who's never been hugged in his life, basically. freezes up at first, little bug antennae straightening up in shock, before what's going on kinda catches up with him and he just. gives ichiban an awkward couple of pats on the back with his human hand.]
[ yeah, that doesn't really surprise ichiban. but gregor wouldn't be the first person ichiban has hugged like this, someone who isn't used to the idea of human contact being something warm instead of something to be frightened of. ]
You get it. You're exactly the kind of person I look out for, man. The tattoo on my back—I'm ex-yakuza, we got the same kinda thing goin' on. In a way, I'm branded for life. And just like you, they all told me there's no way I could survive trying to live on the straight and narrow. But guess what? I tried anyway. I tried, I kept going, and I didn't let anyone or anything stop me.
As long as you're willin' to put in the effort... you can start over. You can come back. All you gotta do is try. 'Cause when you're at rock bottom, the only way to go is up.
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You still had the drive to keep going, right? To try.
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then laughs again, and turns to hug gregor with his good arm.
(his other one is still def bleeding btw) ]
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[hello?
he reacts more or less like a guy who's never been hugged in his life, basically. freezes up at first, little bug antennae straightening up in shock, before what's going on kinda catches up with him and he just. gives ichiban an awkward couple of pats on the back with his human hand.]
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You get it. You're exactly the kind of person I look out for, man. The tattoo on my back—I'm ex-yakuza, we got the same kinda thing goin' on. In a way, I'm branded for life. And just like you, they all told me there's no way I could survive trying to live on the straight and narrow. But guess what? I tried anyway. I tried, I kept going, and I didn't let anyone or anything stop me.
As long as you're willin' to put in the effort... you can start over. You can come back. All you gotta do is try. 'Cause when you're at rock bottom, the only way to go is up.
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[their job still very much involves killing people. doing what they need to do. dying in order to do it.
but it's still--
well, it's still something that's not bad to hear, honestly. a similar kind of camaraderie to knowing other people who were former military.]
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[ he is very much trying not to think about that part right now thank you. ]