INBOX - NHD-C12-KRI-248 - IKARI, SHINJI

[forevalone]

ikari.shinji@cdc.org
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[merged]

Don't call yourself useless. If you were, the CDC never would have brought you here in the first place. You don't have to have supernatural powers, or be a soldier to be a useful person.

And if they called you useless, I'll make them useless.

[forevalone]

_{[That's...wow. Okay. He's not used to having people wanting to stand up for him. Give him a moment.]}

Sharon-san...but why?

[merged]

Because I know what it's like to feel like you do. [ In a sense. ]

[forevalone]

...You do?

[merged]

I was bullied a lot when I was younger, and it sort of gave me a bit of a complex. It's not a nice feeling, and I don't like seeing others feel the same way. [ She remembers what Alessa felt like during school, all the shouts and the teasing and the brutality of the students and teachers. It's what made her stronger as Sharon, what made her stand up to others even though the things they said and did still bothered her. ]

[forevalone]

I'm sorry you had to experience that.

You're right though. It's an awful feeling.

[merged]

It messes with you, and I don't think you deserve that.

If someone fucks with you, stand up to them as best you can. Don't let people push you around, Shinji.

[forevalone]

_{[She might not think he deserves it, but Shinji begs to differ. He thinks of himself as a terrible person. Why wouldn't he deserve it?]}

Most people here are bigger, older and more experienced than me in every way. A bunch of them seem violent, too.

If I stand up for myself, they might end up just killing me.

[merged]

I don't believe they would. That would put them in danger of voiding their contract, I'm sure, and killing you for standing up for yourself would be cowardly.

But, you're right, you need to be careful around some of them. If people like that give you trouble, and you're afraid, give me their names, ok? I won't let them push you around.

[forevalone]

I don't want to get you in trouble, Sharon-san...

[merged]

I won't get in trouble. In fact, I'm a total natural at avoiding it.

[forevalone]

If you say so.