[There's only one thing about Guzma that Nanu's always respected—well, maybe that's not the right word. Appreciated? Despite his status as "The Big Bad Boss who beats etc. etc.", he still took in a huge number of troubled kids and gave them a place to stay, a purpose, a family. A very screwed up family, but still somehow leagues less screwed up than most of their original home lives.]
[But he's always assumed it was more for Guzma's status than anything. Plumeria, now she's a different story.]
[Nanu can tell when his comments are starting to get through, at a much faster pace than normal. Hala's always been a point with him - though what kind of point has changed drastically. At least now Nanu can chalk it up to being a positive one than a volatile negative. And it looks like he's been training with the other Island Kahuna for a bit longer than he initially thought.]
[The side-eye he's given is matched in kind. He arches one eyebrow as Guzma explains his reasoning, though it isn't a surprising revelation in the least.]
Oh? Well, hard to argue with that. Goes hand in hand with pokémon battling, doesn't it? The weakest team loses, the trainer with the weakest will fails... Kids just starting out as new trainers get crushed, tossed aside, and are forced to give up their pokémon so they can never train a day again in their lives... Hm.
[oh wait look at that it isn't so hard to argue after all]
There's a reason humans and pokémon help each other. You know that just as much. Asking for help doesn't make you weak, it makes you smart. Thinking that everyone gets their behind handed to them when they show the slightest sign of weakness isn't "just life". That's learned.
[He says that last point with a hint of...knowing.]
But if you want to keep thinking that, why stop at hypotheticals? You're showing weakness right now. We both are, talking about this sort of crap. Hey, I just showed you the worst night of my life; I've got a big beat-down coming, then, huh? We should be punished, then, shouldn't we? [These are all conversationally rhetorical, used to make his point; slow and thoughtful, not dished out in rapid succession to put the other man down. But if Guzma doesn't agree with them, despite what he's just finished saying, then it's a big crack in the foundation.] How about Anabel? She showed weakness when she thought I was dead. But then, you just said a minute ago that she didn't deserve what you said to her. ...Doesn't make much sense with what you're saying now, does it?
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[But he's always assumed it was more for Guzma's status than anything. Plumeria, now she's a different story.]
[Nanu can tell when his comments are starting to get through, at a much faster pace than normal. Hala's always been a point with him - though what kind of point has changed drastically. At least now Nanu can chalk it up to being a positive one than a volatile negative. And it looks like he's been training with the other Island Kahuna for a bit longer than he initially thought.]
[The side-eye he's given is matched in kind. He arches one eyebrow as Guzma explains his reasoning, though it isn't a surprising revelation in the least.]
Oh? Well, hard to argue with that. Goes hand in hand with pokémon battling, doesn't it? The weakest team loses, the trainer with the weakest will fails... Kids just starting out as new trainers get crushed, tossed aside, and are forced to give up their pokémon so they can never train a day again in their lives... Hm.
[oh wait look at that it isn't so hard to argue after all]
There's a reason humans and pokémon help each other. You know that just as much. Asking for help doesn't make you weak, it makes you smart. Thinking that everyone gets their behind handed to them when they show the slightest sign of weakness isn't "just life". That's learned.
[He says that last point with a hint of...knowing.]
But if you want to keep thinking that, why stop at hypotheticals? You're showing weakness right now. We both are, talking about this sort of crap. Hey, I just showed you the worst night of my life; I've got a big beat-down coming, then, huh? We should be punished, then, shouldn't we? [These are all conversationally rhetorical, used to make his point; slow and thoughtful, not dished out in rapid succession to put the other man down. But if Guzma doesn't agree with them, despite what he's just finished saying, then it's a big crack in the foundation.] How about Anabel? She showed weakness when she thought I was dead. But then, you just said a minute ago that she didn't deserve what you said to her. ...Doesn't make much sense with what you're saying now, does it?