He just smiles, though! It is good... to be talking to a fellow teacher-minded person. It's the teacher bond...]
I'll certainly do my best not to. I have to return to Nadia, after all. [Canned audience laughter.] But... I suppose the biggest note I can give is to encourage their ability to critically think. To observe the world around them and weigh their options carefully, and to understand what moving forward with their own convictions look like. It's one of the best skills that you can teach a child. [A beat.] If you're working with very young ones, be prepared for them to reach for your eyes often, too.
I guess I can translate that into combat somehow...
[ He hadn't considered becoming any sort of lifestyle teacher, but perhaps? This works? For raising Megumi??? Who is independent enough already and doesn't need to be raised?
So much to think about and Lucas gives him so many things to question?? ]
I'll be wearing sunglasses or some kind of blindfold because of how my eyes are at home, but... Is there a story behind this?
You can find a way to incorporate that lesson into anything, my dear.
[Combat! Math! Science! The arts! Making puppets out of paper lunch bags! It's all about the creativity... Enjoy the many new questions.]
Ah, no particular story. The young ones enjoy getting their little fingers and hands everywhere they oughtn't, and they appear especially attracted to brightly colored things.
[ME AKI IN TEARS but this is probably less strange in a country where people are dead by 23 and most kids are orphans.]
Hm... If he's used to caring for himself, he may just be acting out because he doesn't like the intrusion of another person in a life he felt he was managing well enough alone?
[THIS IS A STUNNING STATEMENT FOR HIM TO HEAR WITH HIS OWN TWO EARS.]
...If he's dealing with the loss of his parents... then it's possible that he's simply processing through grief and the notion of being alone in the world at a young age... It makes a good deal of sense that he would reject someone else attempting to step in.
Okay, yeah, but here's the thing... I was trying to tell him about his dad and he said he didn't care to know what he was doing or what happened to him. He hadn't seen him in a while. Totally apathetic!
[ is gojo also in the wrong yes but lucas didn't get the memory where he ties to tell megumi he killed his dad ]
[THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF MISSING CONTEXT BUT IT'S FINE............]
It sounds like it could still be some sort of trauma response, to me... If he'd been abandoned by his father before his father had died, he's already undergone more than most people would experience by five.
That's a good start, I think. You're giving him the choice and putting even a small amount of control back into his hands. Whether or not he decides to take you up on it will ultimately rest with him.
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Ah, is that so? You may struggle a little, then... [Though he says it with a mostly teasing air.] They'll grow on you, though, I feel.
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Grimaces like he doesn't want to grow attached to them, but also looks resigned that it'll be his future. He perks up after. ]
Since you're experienced, do you have any notes? Hopefully, you don't go dying like Nehan did when I asked him for guardianship notes.
[ gojo later like hm I see so we should never have notes ]
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He just smiles, though! It is good... to be talking to a fellow teacher-minded person. It's the teacher bond...]
I'll certainly do my best not to. I have to return to Nadia, after all. [Canned audience laughter.] But... I suppose the biggest note I can give is to encourage their ability to critically think. To observe the world around them and weigh their options carefully, and to understand what moving forward with their own convictions look like. It's one of the best skills that you can teach a child. [A beat.] If you're working with very young ones, be prepared for them to reach for your eyes often, too.
[IT'S THE BLUE EYES... KIDS LOVE POKING THEM.]
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[ He hadn't considered becoming any sort of lifestyle teacher, but perhaps? This works? For raising Megumi??? Who is independent enough already and doesn't need to be raised?
So much to think about and Lucas gives him so many things to question?? ]
I'll be wearing sunglasses or some kind of blindfold because of how my eyes are at home, but... Is there a story behind this?
[ Looks at Lucas' freaky blue eyes. ]
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[Combat! Math! Science! The arts! Making puppets out of paper lunch bags! It's all about the creativity... Enjoy the many new questions.]
Ah, no particular story. The young ones enjoy getting their little fingers and hands everywhere they oughtn't, and they appear especially attracted to brightly colored things.
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Does this include this Nadia?
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Oh, Nadia was such a darling child from the moment she was born. She would never do that.
[BUT OTHER CHILDREN ARE GREMLINS. Not his perfect angel darling girl Nadia, though.]
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[ you do not look daddy status to him. ]
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[this could just be my, aki's, bad memory]
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[ YOU'RE GOOD. Satoru just guessed based on context. ]
I took in a kid and he's not that cute.
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Perhaps he's in the rebellious phase? Most children go through it at some point. How young is he...
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[ lucas is really going to see gojo beef with a 5 yo a bit ]
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...When they're that young, it's less of a rebellious phase and more the simple fact that children are often precocious, I feel?
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[ ?????????????? ]
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Hm... If he's used to caring for himself, he may just be acting out because he doesn't like the intrusion of another person in a life he felt he was managing well enough alone?
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[ oh lucas having to deal with this ]
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...If he's dealing with the loss of his parents... then it's possible that he's simply processing through grief and the notion of being alone in the world at a young age... It makes a good deal of sense that he would reject someone else attempting to step in.
[ESPECIALLY IF THEY DO IT LIKE THIS.]
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[ is gojo also in the wrong yes but lucas didn't get the memory where he ties to tell megumi he killed his dad ]
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It sounds like it could still be some sort of trauma response, to me... If he'd been abandoned by his father before his father had died, he's already undergone more than most people would experience by five.
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Satoru thinks about this actually... ]
I see... Well, I told him if he ever wanted to learn more about his dad, he can ask.
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[HE WILL NOT.]
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Parents are a weird thing for you guys, right?
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...In the sense that many die quite early in their child's life, I suppose. Only Reliver couples get to spend significant time with theirs.
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That's sad, but in a way I guess it's nice that parents don't always need to see their children die early. [ hides megumi ] How old is Nadia?
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[A FUNKY WAY but Gojo is funky so it suits.]
Nadia is twelve, this year.
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