[ He's only trying to be honest with you, Raleigh. It'd be pretty
hypocritical of him to tell Raleigh not to want to fight, given how Yancy
was the one who taught Raleigh to always follow through in the first
place.
That gets Raleigh a mildly incredulous look, because seriously bro, you
literally never shut up about your feelings, so like. Having an actual
discussion about them can't be so different.
But he doesn't say any of that. ] No way are you as bad at it as
you think you are. But if talking to the shitheads gets you mad, just keep
in mind that you need a high school diploma to start punching real
bullies for a living. Let that cool you down some.
[ The Jaeger Academy has some standards, afterall. Yancy smiles, a
gut-reflex. ] Can't do that if you're kicked out of school for
real, huh?
[No, Yancy. He talks to you a lot. He is actually not that much of a social butterfly outside their home. Because people bug him and he's not very good at being a team player and he'd honestly rather read about WW2 than talk about what girl's the sluttiest or whose car is better.
He doesn't care so long as the options don't include his sister and his car's pretty shitty so there's that.
Raleigh sighs because yeah, alright, okay. He can't even apply to the Academy with Yancy if he doesn't graduate high school and that's a big deal. That's something they've been thinking about doing for a couple of months now and there'd be no one else to even consider applying with.]
[ Well, Yancy's with you on that. The whole high-school experience wasn't so bad for him; he had his own share of gritting his teeth through a lot of conversations he didn't like, punching his way out of others he couldn't stand. Still, it wasn't nearly as bad as it is for Raleigh, clearly.
And man, if it were Yancy and Jaz at school and some punk'd said something about her then--
--well, Raleigh's got some restraint, Yancy'll give him that.
But Yancy can tell by the resigned look on Raleigh's face that the point's more or less landed home, sort of, so he's feeling pretty good about Raleigh's chances. They've got a lot of work left to do before they get to apply, but at least they've got the partner issue taken care of. ]
The best way, you mean. Yeah, smart move. [ Yancy smile widens and he sits back in his chair. ]
[Oh is that Raleigh's foot colliding with Yancy's ankle under the table? How clumsy of him. It slipped, honestly. He would never kick Yancy for being smug with him, that's slandering his reputation to think that.]
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[ He's only trying to be honest with you, Raleigh. It'd be pretty hypocritical of him to tell Raleigh not to want to fight, given how Yancy was the one who taught Raleigh to always follow through in the first place. That gets Raleigh a mildly incredulous look, because seriously bro, you literally never shut up about your feelings, so like. Having an actual discussion about them can't be so different.
But he doesn't say any of that. ] No way are you as bad at it as you think you are. But if talking to the shitheads gets you mad, just keep in mind that you need a high school diploma to start punching real bullies for a living. Let that cool you down some.
[ The Jaeger Academy has some standards, afterall. Yancy smiles, a gut-reflex. ] Can't do that if you're kicked out of school for real, huh?
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He doesn't care so long as the options don't include his sister and his car's pretty shitty so there's that.
Raleigh sighs because yeah, alright, okay. He can't even apply to the Academy with Yancy if he doesn't graduate high school and that's a big deal. That's something they've been thinking about doing for a couple of months now and there'd be no one else to even consider applying with.]
Yeah, alright. I'll try it your way for a while.
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And man, if it were Yancy and Jaz at school and some punk'd said something about her then--
--well, Raleigh's got some restraint, Yancy'll give him that.
But Yancy can tell by the resigned look on Raleigh's face that the point's more or less landed home, sort of, so he's feeling pretty good about Raleigh's chances. They've got a lot of work left to do before they get to apply, but at least they've got the partner issue taken care of. ]
The best way, you mean. Yeah, smart move. [ Yancy smile widens and he sits back in his chair. ]
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Your ways are mediocre at best and you know it.