@ATY0URMERCY // thank u it means a lot,, :( things have just been super bad for me for almost 3months now and i already get insecure so often that taking breaks feels like the end of the world 😭
It is not simply a matter of making bad choices, your mind was warped and you were raised to believe certain things .
that doesn’t mean what you did was okay . But you are not solely to blame .
you aren’t making excuses, I think you're simply recognizing the reality of your situation and how you were shaped by it .
manipulation and brainwashing are so often downplayed in their power .. and you were subjected to that from such a young age .
…
( Hanzo looked down at their hands and exhaled, his breath shaky.)
Thank you. Sometimes it feels Ike I make excuses for myself. I... That manipulation is simply not enough.
hey .
( he reaches a hand out to take Hanzo’s own, gently squeezing . )
you were manipulated .. and under so much pressure . That is not your fault .
It is okay, anija .
( Hanzo nodded. )
I am sorry, that the last Hanzo you had to deal with was… well. ( he trailed off. )
And that it took me that to finally make me realize.
" ah, I don't ... I don't really need anything . Not that I don't appreciate the offer . “
Genji sits down in the offered seat, looking around . still fiddling with his sleeves .
" you seem to be working pretty hard .. How's your research going ? “
.. I am glad . I have missed … /you/ — the real Hanzo .
( he really did . He missed the Hanzo who he could talk to like this, that would hold him . That never failed to make him feel safe . )
And I would say that we are. You make me a better person. You did even when we were younger.
( He had changed into someone bitter because of his position in the clan. He would change back now. )
( their argument was one that had haunted him for many years . The angry shouts and spewed venom between the two . The way Hanzo talked down to him as their father had done . Urging Genji to straighten up .. it had hurt to think about for a long time . )
…
Me too.
( Them yelling was an echo in his head, something distant and yet as if he could see it in a heartbeat.)
I will have to learn that, I think. And it might take me some time.