[For Ken, who had been convinced that he would have made everybody angry, that he was causing trouble by being there or by leaving, Jaime's reaction is almost overwhelming. Even just being accepted back into their lives was surprising to him, so Minato's quiet but intense concern, Akihiko arriving to drag him back at all -- those are more than he anticipated, and he'll later admit that that made him happy enough. He hardly knows what to expect from people who aren't his mother. Maybe it's not the sort of 'affection' most people would show, it was a lot for him. It was better than what he had before: a dorm with children he couldn't relate to and a meager allowance to survive by every month, and no adult to even tell him when his feet had grown too big for his shoes. The shoelaces snapped back in September, and it wasn't until the store clerk told him that he realized it was a size too small.
Here, he would probably be able to find someone to tell him that, and someone who'll come along with him to help him pick out a new one. That difference is startling, and he's always surprising himself with the realizations. But right now, he listens. He listens, and he thinks, and as the confusion rises in him again, he voices it because he believes that Jaime will try to answer.]
How does someone care about themselves?
[Do you do something? Do you have to be super aware of it? Ken recognizes caring about others -- he still remembers when Minato got kidnapped -- but how do you do that for yourself?]
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Here, he would probably be able to find someone to tell him that, and someone who'll come along with him to help him pick out a new one. That difference is startling, and he's always surprising himself with the realizations. But right now, he listens. He listens, and he thinks, and as the confusion rises in him again, he voices it because he believes that Jaime will try to answer.]
How does someone care about themselves?
[Do you do something? Do you have to be super aware of it? Ken recognizes caring about others -- he still remembers when Minato got kidnapped -- but how do you do that for yourself?]