[Izuku's face turns red. Both because he's being complimented and because he realizes he was being rude.]
I mean! It's not that I don't have faith in her but I just think... maybe she could tell us a little more about all of this if she wants to succeed! I'd like to believe she really is on our side but we just know so little that its hard to charge forward with any sort of plan to get done what needs to be done!
[Then something Hank says hits in his brain.]
...She isn't human, is she? We don't... we don't even know if she looks at things or feels them the way we do. ...But does that matter, I met a girl here, she wasn't human either, she was something called a jinba, but still she was trying to help everyone she could. It seems that... I don't know, feelings aren't just human, but maybe we just... don't understand hers either. Because we don't really talk.
[When he mentions the jinba thing, Hank sighs and pulls a face for a second. But his weird feelings about people he's too much of a dick to be friends with aren't the point here so he pushes it aside, tries to sound businesslike.]
There you go. Maybe if you and Konoha and all the other uh, nice, decent people around here get together and just talk to her, maybe she'll get that she has to tell us more. I mean, she doesn't seem like she actively wants us hurt so just talking to her can't do any harm.
[There. Now the kid's got a plan. Hopefully that'll keep him from folding up into a pile of bullshit like some people in this room. It'd be cool if it helped, because it's all Hank's got.]
[He presses his thumb to his lip in thought. There was power in numbers and if he could gather people to make a compelling case then that would be good for everyone in the end, wouldn't it?]
Especially if we gather information from people who have been here for multiple world hops. That way we can make a stronger case about how we need a lot more help and we're not just... bad at this. She has to know we're trying.
[He sniffs, lost in thought, before glancing up.]
See? You're giving advice again. You're not as bad as you think.
[Hank doesn't even try to hide his expression, like maybe he's having second thoughts about Izuku's judgement. But he'd wanted it to be good advice, right? He lets it go, shrugs.]
Look up, uh, Maes, or Barabas, they should be listed on your little watch there. They have this office where they wrote down some stuff that happened before I got here. Sounds like they did okay before, uh... before this, but that's still a good place to start.
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Fuck. That'd be taking a risk, it'd be hard, so of course Hank doesn't do it.
He pushes the sour, heavy feeling at the thought, after a couple seconds, far back enough that he can at least say something.]
I'd of thought you'd have more blind faith in our great leader. Maybe you're gonna grow up into a suspicious bastard one day after all.
[Hank's expression's friendly, his voice complimentary. He means it as a compliment. Then he sighs.]
Maybe she just... I don't know, doesn't understand what us puny humans need out of a leader. She's not human, right? Who knows what her reasons are.
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I mean! It's not that I don't have faith in her but I just think... maybe she could tell us a little more about all of this if she wants to succeed! I'd like to believe she really is on our side but we just know so little that its hard to charge forward with any sort of plan to get done what needs to be done!
[Then something Hank says hits in his brain.]
...She isn't human, is she? We don't... we don't even know if she looks at things or feels them the way we do. ...But does that matter, I met a girl here, she wasn't human either, she was something called a jinba, but still she was trying to help everyone she could. It seems that... I don't know, feelings aren't just human, but maybe we just... don't understand hers either. Because we don't really talk.
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There you go. Maybe if you and Konoha and all the other uh, nice, decent people around here get together and just talk to her, maybe she'll get that she has to tell us more. I mean, she doesn't seem like she actively wants us hurt so just talking to her can't do any harm.
[There. Now the kid's got a plan. Hopefully that'll keep him from folding up into a pile of bullshit like some people in this room. It'd be cool if it helped, because it's all Hank's got.]
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[He presses his thumb to his lip in thought. There was power in numbers and if he could gather people to make a compelling case then that would be good for everyone in the end, wouldn't it?]
Especially if we gather information from people who have been here for multiple world hops. That way we can make a stronger case about how we need a lot more help and we're not just... bad at this. She has to know we're trying.
[He sniffs, lost in thought, before glancing up.]
See? You're giving advice again. You're not as bad as you think.
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Look up, uh, Maes, or Barabas, they should be listed on your little watch there. They have this office where they wrote down some stuff that happened before I got here. Sounds like they did okay before, uh... before this, but that's still a good place to start.
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He grins and leaps to his feet, filled a new determination. Or at least a new sense of something to fill his time.]
An office of records. Of course. It makes sense that we ought to keep information stored somewhere. I don't know why I didn't think to ask before.
Thank you!
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[He gives a faint, halfhearted smile, murmuring because he's expecting the kid to run out the door any second, and doesn't expect him to hear it.]
Good luck.