[The snap back from the other him was enough to catch him off-guard, to make him take a step back. He stays quiet for a few seconds, closing his eyes tightly as he concentrates, trying to steady his nerves and calm himself down.
He was angry at the future him for making the choice to throw his life away all for the sake of making Trunks stronger. But he was even more mad at himself because, on some level, that decision made sense to him still. Was the only reason he was so mad about it was because of his personal feelings on the matter? Trunks was important to him too, he liked Trunks, his friend who gave so much to prevent his present from becoming someone else's future. So the fact that someone who was himself made a selfish choice that hurt Trunks so much just... angered him.
But... Maybe that's all everyone else ever did for him? Piccolo, 16, Dad... Did they wager their lives all those times for him not to protect him, but just because their deaths would be the trigger that pushed him beyond his limits, because he was their hope?
He lets out a sharp exhale, the air around him slowly cooling.]
...For the record, I still don't approve. I have too many people who still count on me to make a decision like that. [Sorry, at his age, he's still got too much of a hero complex in him.] ...But I get it.
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He was angry at the future him for making the choice to throw his life away all for the sake of making Trunks stronger. But he was even more mad at himself because, on some level, that decision made sense to him still. Was the only reason he was so mad about it was because of his personal feelings on the matter? Trunks was important to him too, he liked Trunks, his friend who gave so much to prevent his present from becoming someone else's future. So the fact that someone who was himself made a selfish choice that hurt Trunks so much just... angered him.
But... Maybe that's all everyone else ever did for him? Piccolo, 16, Dad... Did they wager their lives all those times for him not to protect him, but just because their deaths would be the trigger that pushed him beyond his limits, because he was their hope?
He lets out a sharp exhale, the air around him slowly cooling.]
...For the record, I still don't approve. I have too many people who still count on me to make a decision like that. [Sorry, at his age, he's still got too much of a hero complex in him.] ...But I get it.