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Post by Asahina Momiko on Feb 1, 2018 18:03:15 GMT -5
"Of course it's not easy; If it was, it would come naturally to everyone. When it most obviously doesn't. And it's harder to practice than something like cooking or kenjutsu, because it takes a different way of thinking. I think that kind of thing is difficult for most of us."
If her inner thoughts aren't coming out, then Momiko's practice is paying off; Despite feeling comfortable around Yoshi, keeping things superficial is just what she's used to. The fact Yoshi doesn't seem to press the issue just makes her all the more comfortable.
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Post by Tamori Yoshi on Feb 1, 2018 18:31:33 GMT -5
"Oh, I know it's difficult in general to change your own way of thinking," Yoshi agrees. "I mean... specifically, it's not always easy to see someone else's and believe it about yourself. It has to be someone whose opinion you value and trust, who's also completely open with you about how they feel." There was certainly no denying that Yoshi himself was that and, he hoped, good for the Dragon meant good for the Crane.
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Post by Asahina Momiko on Feb 1, 2018 20:12:55 GMT -5
"Completely open, hm? I'll admit, that seems like a rare thing, even these days when we samurai can be more open about ourselves than we used to be. Is.. that what you want then, someone who's completely open with you?"
Her stare was serious, but quite curious as well.
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Post by Tamori Yoshi on Feb 1, 2018 20:47:30 GMT -5
"I suppose it's still probably pretty rare...," Yoshi admits, rubbing the back of his neck in thought, "...but that's what makes it special. Someone who could be that way with me, and that I could be that way around... we could show each other so much. I would definitely want that." He smiles at the prospect, imaging a trust so deep that there was no guessing, no misunderstanding, no secrets; the kind of trust that forms the foundation for something more than just friendship.
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Post by Asahina Momiko on Feb 1, 2018 21:38:58 GMT -5
"I see."
Momiko smiled at him, though she didn't stare too long before she opened the picnic basket, "Either way, what do you say we get out the food, neh?"
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Post by Tamori Yoshi on Feb 1, 2018 21:50:04 GMT -5
"Uh... sure," he says, still not completely accustomed to the frequency with which Momiko's conversational gears tended to shift. He'll follow her instruction in setting up whatever spread there was to be had in the basket, yet the conversation remained in Neutral, to carry on the metaphor. So, rather than set up in silence, he decides to soldier on with the previous topic.
"Wouldn't you want that too?" he asks. "Someone that you could trust completely, because you were so open with each other?"
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Post by Asahina Momiko on Feb 1, 2018 22:52:58 GMT -5
"I would. Definitely. At the same time, I can't help wonder, don't people keep secrets for good reasons too? I mean, it's not always to harm someone else or even keep yourself sheltered. So much of our society is built around not talking about certain things even, supposedly for our own benefit, right? I'm not just talking about things like the Shadowlands, but stuff like sex or social gaffes; So much that is just politely ignored in the name of 'peace'."
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Post by Tamori Yoshi on Feb 1, 2018 23:03:42 GMT -5
"Maybe that's true about society," Yoshi concedes, too rapt in the debate to blush terribly hard at a very attractive girl casually mentioning "sex" to him. "But... if we're talking about a bond of trust between two people... then you should be able to show them your flaws as well as your strengths. That way, when you look at yourself through their eyes to see the good in yourself, you know you're getting the whole picture and not just some rose-tinted version that was only what you allowed them to see." He shakes his head.
"If... that even makes sense?" Yoshi asks, shrugging. "I'm... kind of new to this myself, like I said... but there's a logic to it, I think."
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Post by Asahina Momiko on Feb 1, 2018 23:11:06 GMT -5
"I definitely makes sense," she replies in a thoughtfully spaced out kind of way, her hand simply laying inside the basket in the middle of the act of finding something to take out, "It's a pretty complex issue. No... complex is the wrong word. It's a... a... Well, it's like the whole learning to accept compliments thing; It's one thing to talk about it and another to act it out in your daily life."
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Post by Tamori Yoshi on Feb 1, 2018 23:32:35 GMT -5
"I'm still learning that one too," Yoshi admits, taking out whatever item it was that he'd distracted Momiko from extracting. "My roommate Akodo Ichiro-sama was paying me compliments this morning, and... I was telling him why he was wrong. I mean, I guess we don't really know and trust each other that much yet, so there's a fair arguement there that his impressions weren't informed... but what good does that do, besides just letting me continue to feel bad about myself?"
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