Though that will suffice -- however different it was.
[ The closest he will venture toward asking if he did that correctly. Or if that was even a correct thing to do. Maybe that's why he went ahead with it -- it seemed transgressive, in its own way.
It's not -- [ just? ] -- parenthood. If -- [ He stops himself. Edits. Redirects. ] -- being with someone isn't worth the risk of pain and having to fight to keep it, why would children be?
I said that because I was afraid. Too afraid, back then. If you asked the same question now, it'd be different. I'd put up with damn near anything to be with you.
[ Freeza won't be the one to tell him that it's obvious he'd put up with a lot, because gods if he hasn't dragged his feet every inch through this. He's quiet a moment, and to his credit, he doesn't immediately call Marty an idiot for being straightforwardly sentimental. ]
I'm angry that he's right. [ That other self. ] I simply...need to learn to think of this as something I want to keep and not merely as something I am inevitably going to lose, and I don't know how to do that yet.
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Though that will suffice -- however different it was.
[ The closest he will venture toward asking if he did that correctly. Or if that was even a correct thing to do. Maybe that's why he went ahead with it -- it seemed transgressive, in its own way.
A little chuckle. ]
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[It's definitely not the standard way to do it, but it's better than nothing. Much better.]
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The gym's more or less back to normal. I've been working out again.
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No. I mean --
[ He swallows. ]
You wanted me to be far more discreet, at first. You explained that people back where you come from would respond with violence to such a thing. Yes?
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I suppose I was hoping for something.
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Just because parenthood is a risk doesn't mean it's not one worth taking, though.
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I said that because I was afraid. Too afraid, back then. If you asked the same question now, it'd be different. I'd put up with damn near anything to be with you.
And I'd do the same for my girls.
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I'm angry that he's right. [ That other self. ] I simply...need to learn to think of this as something I want to keep and not merely as something I am inevitably going to lose, and I don't know how to do that yet.
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[ There's a frown in his voice as he second-guesses himself. ]
...I suppose it is tiresome to hear that more than once.
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[Freeza will probably scoff at that, but it's true.]
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A line, yeah. At least you realize I'm not feeding you one. Not that it would work.
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...Promises, promises.
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