[He never heard what Akira said, but...what he's saying now is enough. Useless, inferior...compared to two Composers.]
And here I thought you had seen what can happen when someone keeps quiet about feeling like that.
[Inferiority leads to jealousy, leads to resentment, leads to a feeling you could count on to let you pull the trigger if it came down to it. It's a feeling that gnaws and twists until you would do anything to be on the same level as someone else...]
That sort of desperation isn't good for anyone. Besides...
[He lifts a hand, gently brushing it over Akira's cheek.]
You saved your world, kept the survivors in the mall together after I betrayed them, and even came to help me and my world's version of you stop Yaldabaoth. That's quite the list of accomplishments...I don't think you should feel bad about having to sit some things out for a while.
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And here I thought you had seen what can happen when someone keeps quiet about feeling like that.
[Inferiority leads to jealousy, leads to resentment, leads to a feeling you could count on to let you pull the trigger if it came down to it. It's a feeling that gnaws and twists until you would do anything to be on the same level as someone else...]
That sort of desperation isn't good for anyone. Besides...
[He lifts a hand, gently brushing it over Akira's cheek.]
You saved your world, kept the survivors in the mall together after I betrayed them, and even came to help me and my world's version of you stop Yaldabaoth. That's quite the list of accomplishments...I don't think you should feel bad about having to sit some things out for a while.