[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.
[HE DID DO THAT. THAT IS A THING HE DID. It's fine.]
She'd do well making more friends, too, so it really is a shame... Well. The world is full of endless possibilities, apparently, so perhaps a meeting in the future beyond this cult isn't an impossible thing?
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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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[ megumi isn't a bad kid except i think i remember him beating people up in middle school ]
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She'd do well making more friends, too, so it really is a shame... Well. The world is full of endless possibilities, apparently, so perhaps a meeting in the future beyond this cult isn't an impossible thing?