This is exactly the way Midoriya tells half-truths, but he has no reason to suspect Fiddleford.
"Please don't worry," he calls over kindly, but with a politeness reserved for people older than him. It's not the stuffy kind. His courtesy is more like an open gate. Someone other than him can shut it if they want, or pass through.
"Even if we can't find it, there's things that can help with that here too."
He keeps it vague for now, to be considerate to the man who thought a gun would make a great security blanket. For Midoriya, handling Corruption or bad mental health in Trench can take the form of eating certain plants and fungi, seeking the company of friends, or simply a cup of tea. Now Midoriya spares glances over his shoulder at Fiddleford in addition to searching the tidepools. It's the automatic sort of look a person who feels responsible for another gives.
"So you build things? I know a few people who do that. I've always thought it was so cool." Conversation to keep a new arrival grounded, though it lifts at the end as Midoriya lets slip a genuine admiration for his friends who are skilled in that work. Prototyping, industrial design, it's all beyond him. He only knows how to clean and maintain his equipment, not repair it.
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"Please don't worry," he calls over kindly, but with a politeness reserved for people older than him. It's not the stuffy kind. His courtesy is more like an open gate. Someone other than him can shut it if they want, or pass through.
"Even if we can't find it, there's things that can help with that here too."
He keeps it vague for now, to be considerate to the man who thought a gun would make a great security blanket. For Midoriya, handling Corruption or bad mental health in Trench can take the form of eating certain plants and fungi, seeking the company of friends, or simply a cup of tea. Now Midoriya spares glances over his shoulder at Fiddleford in addition to searching the tidepools. It's the automatic sort of look a person who feels responsible for another gives.
"So you build things? I know a few people who do that. I've always thought it was so cool." Conversation to keep a new arrival grounded, though it lifts at the end as Midoriya lets slip a genuine admiration for his friends who are skilled in that work. Prototyping, industrial design, it's all beyond him. He only knows how to clean and maintain his equipment, not repair it.