Mah, all right then. I guess it's more a matter of reaching a certain point of how much someone's been hurt, as you said.
[He grabs a cross-legged seat and fiddles with something in his pocket before pulling out a cigarette and offering one to Koriand'r.] Don't tell my wife.
[And with that he gives a bird-like head tilt, lightly holding the cigarette in his mouth.] In the New World, we get a lot of rookies who've never lost before. They're so strong, that if nothing else, it's been so long since they lost, they don't really remember what they're fighting for anymore. They don't realize what they're protecting.
[He gives her a sharp blue-eyed look.] And they're the first to fall and not get back up.
When you're afraid of getting hurt, you don't know how strong you really are. When you don't know what you might lose, you're afraid of that too. [He looks distant for a second, remembering exactly how afraid of losing his father he was during Marineford.] But when you know what you're willing to die for in order to protect, that's a very big strength. That's how my father was the strongest man in the world.
These kids are stronger than they themselves know or realize. But how will they discover all those things just from books or simulations, eh? If we do this now, then the next time we're attacked, the next time they have no choice but to fight, they won't have to wrestle with these questions or so many doubts. They'll already know that they can get hurt and get back up. You're tough because you've been through so much, but you'd probably just as strong inside even if you hadn't been so hurt, eh? It just may have been less clearer to you or others.
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[He grabs a cross-legged seat and fiddles with something in his pocket before pulling out a cigarette and offering one to Koriand'r.] Don't tell my wife.
[And with that he gives a bird-like head tilt, lightly holding the cigarette in his mouth.] In the New World, we get a lot of rookies who've never lost before. They're so strong, that if nothing else, it's been so long since they lost, they don't really remember what they're fighting for anymore. They don't realize what they're protecting.
[He gives her a sharp blue-eyed look.] And they're the first to fall and not get back up.
When you're afraid of getting hurt, you don't know how strong you really are. When you don't know what you might lose, you're afraid of that too. [He looks distant for a second, remembering exactly how afraid of losing his father he was during Marineford.] But when you know what you're willing to die for in order to protect, that's a very big strength. That's how my father was the strongest man in the world.
These kids are stronger than they themselves know or realize. But how will they discover all those things just from books or simulations, eh? If we do this now, then the next time we're attacked, the next time they have no choice but to fight, they won't have to wrestle with these questions or so many doubts. They'll already know that they can get hurt and get back up. You're tough because you've been through so much, but you'd probably just as strong inside even if you hadn't been so hurt, eh? It just may have been less clearer to you or others.