[Minato looks at Yu all the time while he's talking, nodding noncommittally every now and then while keeping his hands clasped on his lap. There's quite a bit running through his head in spite of his blank look, a thought here and there that pops up as Yu explains the circumstances of his team.
Did his friends ever find out about this? Could anything have changed if they had known what Shadows truly were, hadn't been misled? In the end he shrugs it off in his mind, with the dull realization that change was so easy to talk about when people think of things as being not inevitable.
Then Yu's apologizing, letting his gaze fall so Minato can't see his face...not that he needs to when he knows how his friend would be feeling right now- Guilt, for hurting someone who didn't deserve it.
Minato hasn't averted his gaze at all when Yu meets his eyes again, well-aware that he would have done so eventually. There's dryness in his voice when he responds and faintest hint of sadness in the way he replies, but if there's one thing that's lacking it's any presence of ire or bitterness. Being called fake had hurt as had been being shoved, but it was something he had simply accepted.]
I can't say that it's alright, but I understand what you mean. None of my teammates ever had to face their own Shadows directly, but we've lived with loss for most of our lives...looking back, acknowledging it for what it was and moving forward must have been what gave us our Personas. [He had accepted he was going to die from the time his parents died; it was only when he tempered it with the desire to protect others that he had gained a Persona of his own.]
Keeping things to yourself has a way of distorting how you feel, doesn't it? What your Shadow said was cruel, but I'm actually glad that you were able to let it out for once. [He swings his right foot upward as it's starting to feel stiff, and he separates his hands once more at the same time.] It's not just what happened between the two of us...you've been carrying a lot, and it's not fair for you to bear it by yourself.
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Did his friends ever find out about this? Could anything have changed if they had known what Shadows truly were, hadn't been misled? In the end he shrugs it off in his mind, with the dull realization that change was so easy to talk about when people think of things as being not inevitable.
Then Yu's apologizing, letting his gaze fall so Minato can't see his face...not that he needs to when he knows how his friend would be feeling right now- Guilt, for hurting someone who didn't deserve it.
Minato hasn't averted his gaze at all when Yu meets his eyes again, well-aware that he would have done so eventually. There's dryness in his voice when he responds and faintest hint of sadness in the way he replies, but if there's one thing that's lacking it's any presence of ire or bitterness. Being called fake had hurt as had been being shoved, but it was something he had simply accepted.]
I can't say that it's alright, but I understand what you mean. None of my teammates ever had to face their own Shadows directly, but we've lived with loss for most of our lives...looking back, acknowledging it for what it was and moving forward must have been what gave us our Personas. [He had accepted he was going to die from the time his parents died; it was only when he tempered it with the desire to protect others that he had gained a Persona of his own.]
Keeping things to yourself has a way of distorting how you feel, doesn't it? What your Shadow said was cruel, but I'm actually glad that you were able to let it out for once. [He swings his right foot upward as it's starting to feel stiff, and he separates his hands once more at the same time.] It's not just what happened between the two of us...you've been carrying a lot, and it's not fair for you to bear it by yourself.