I don't know what you heard, but try to view him with an open mind.
I...
[There's a lump in his throat and he shakes his head.] Ikki didn't have Thatch to help him learn how to deal with people. Not an excuse, again. He's giving it his best, but we tend to mirror each other. Him and I. So I might have pushed him too far too fast and Selphie...
[He bites his cheek in thought, looking off in the distant. They really DID mirror each other too much. Marco's worst traits, and Ikki's worst. But at least Thatch had always been there to smooth over Marco's failings and--]
He's not as heartless as you might think. [Marco gives Chandra a deep serious look, easily the most serious he's been all day, even with emotions and temper ping-ponging like a rubber ball everywhere.] And no matter what you think, he's a lot more hurt than anyone knows. [Selphie wants to throw herself on it like a bandage, but sometimes even that takes insane amounts of time. And for someone like Marco or Ikki where time is already stretched out and confusing, rushed and confusing, it became overwhelming.]
[He blinks and shakes his head, snapping out of it again.] Ah, sorry. Not that you have to meet him if you don't want to, eh.
[How do you stop someone from getting hurt? Sometimes they'll be hurt no matter what.]
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I don't know what you heard, but try to view him with an open mind.
I...
[There's a lump in his throat and he shakes his head.] Ikki didn't have Thatch to help him learn how to deal with people. Not an excuse, again. He's giving it his best, but we tend to mirror each other. Him and I. So I might have pushed him too far too fast and Selphie...
[He bites his cheek in thought, looking off in the distant. They really DID mirror each other too much. Marco's worst traits, and Ikki's worst. But at least Thatch had always been there to smooth over Marco's failings and--]
He's not as heartless as you might think. [Marco gives Chandra a deep serious look, easily the most serious he's been all day, even with emotions and temper ping-ponging like a rubber ball everywhere.] And no matter what you think, he's a lot more hurt than anyone knows. [Selphie wants to throw herself on it like a bandage, but sometimes even that takes insane amounts of time. And for someone like Marco or Ikki where time is already stretched out and confusing, rushed and confusing, it became overwhelming.]
[He blinks and shakes his head, snapping out of it again.] Ah, sorry. Not that you have to meet him if you don't want to, eh.
[How do you stop someone from getting hurt? Sometimes they'll be hurt no matter what.]