Besides, there's more to being helpful than directly Erasing Noise.
[He takes Akira's hand firmly in his own and lifts it to his cheek. He knows very well what it is to feel helpless, to feel like you aren't doing enough. It's so easy to fall into that pit of thinking that you have to be able to do everything by yourself, and that anything you can't do is a personal failing. It's caused him no end of stress in his own life.]
Your power might not be able to do damage, but you can still protect us. Your vortex can intercept or prevent attacks, after all. It can even save us energy by gathering multiple enemies together into a single target. You're not at all useless without the powers we have.
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[He takes Akira's hand firmly in his own and lifts it to his cheek. He knows very well what it is to feel helpless, to feel like you aren't doing enough. It's so easy to fall into that pit of thinking that you have to be able to do everything by yourself, and that anything you can't do is a personal failing. It's caused him no end of stress in his own life.]
Your power might not be able to do damage, but you can still protect us. Your vortex can intercept or prevent attacks, after all. It can even save us energy by gathering multiple enemies together into a single target. You're not at all useless without the powers we have.