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[arclightning]

[ Shiro is right. Of course Shiro is right: Shiro is right about most things, it seems like, is the kind of person who seems pretty good at having awful things happen to him and actually learning from them, using that knowledge to move forward. Mako curses quietly, already picking himself up to go find Bolin if Bo won't tell him where he is, but. ]

What if they're not letting you? What happens then? I know he has to grow up and live on his own. I want him to do that and have his own life but he doesn't think things through.

[shiro2hero]

[Oh Mako. If only you knew how much he hasn't learned from his own shit.]

I don't know

I wish I knew, Mako, but - I don't. I've tried everything I can think of. Talking to them, being around. If they don't talk to you back... there's not really anything you can do to force it.

[arclightning]

I know I do the same thing, I'm not

I get it. Thinking you have to do things alone. I'm trying to stop. That.

Just didn't expect it from Bolin.

[shiro2hero]

That's definitely not an easy habit to break. I'm not sure I've managed to do it either


We never really expect it from the people closest to us.

[arclightning]

Maybe that's exactly who we should be expecting it from. I wanted him to grow up. Maybe this is what that means.

[shiro2hero]

I don't know.

Always figured "growing up" meant communicating better, not worse.