Rebecca awoke to vibrations from the egg incubator in her and Kin’s arms, her eyes snapping open as she gently shook Kin awake. She carefully took the egg out of the incubator, gently placing it on her own pillow, the shell cracking just slightly.
That hand was quickly taken. Mewtwo tried their advice. After a couple of minutes the hiccups were slowing down.
‘Want hold.’
“Sure.”
A gentle arm wrapped around the little Mewtwo and carefully pulled them close. She was mindful of the splint their tail was in, just one arm wrapped around them.
The small Pokemon only responded with hiccups and more whining.
“Try to breathe through your mouth, sweetie. It’ll help stop the hiccups faster.”
A gentle hand was offered to the little Mewtwo for them to hold.
“And what does he learn from that?
Nothing.
Whereas if he faces his fears, and you’re there with him through the panic attack, in time, he can get over his fears. It is a slow, steady process that is difficult for both parties involved, but it is necessary. Your ignorance astounds me.”
"Go lecture someone else, O’ Great Elder Sage of Wisdom. I’m no longer in the mood for thinly veiled insults. You want to insult me? Fine, stop sugarcoating them in a lecture. My decisions regarding Kin are no longer any business of yours. You’ve lost that privilege.”
“No. You’re ignorant. You are capable of anything. You just won’t. Stop using ‘I can’t’ as an excuse for something you simply don’t want to do. There is a difference that you don’t seem to understand. So many people hide behind that excuse, and it gets on my nerves a lot when people use it. Pushing, and forcing are two different things. Learn it. You are severely uneducated for someone who must be so much older than me.”
"Y’know what? Fuck it. Since you can’t seem to listen well enough, I’ll tell you.
He wouldn’t have a panic attack if he woke up to see me there with him. As in, he wakes up in a hospital but conked back home. Do you get it yet?”
“Anyone is capable of anything. You just don’t realize it until you have no choice. A person cannot heal unless they face their traumas head on. Masking it under kind words, and avoidance may be more comfortable, but a person will not heal. You may be fine with such blindness, but I am not.”
"Ugh, it’s like I’m talking to a brick wall. Not capable means not capable. I never said I wouldn’t bring Kin to a hospital if I had no other choice. I said I would not force him to do anything.
Arceus almighty, have you listened for the loophole yet?”
-Makes light whining noises at-
Rebecca gently wrapped the little Pokemon up in the warmed blanket, laying on the bed next to them. She was careful to not jostle them at all.
“Little one? Are you feeling okay?”
“Didn’t you listen? A hospital can’t fix what has happened to his hands.
Then you’re not as good of a friend as you could be. Tough love is necessary sometimes, and anyone who doesn’t believe that is ignorant. Maybe not as much as I use it, but it is necessary. It’s not taking advantage of someone. It’s giving a strong push to them to do what you both know they need to do, but won’t do for themselves out of fear, or pride.”
"I’m not talking about his hands. If he gets injured in the future.
I don’t think you understood or listened to what I said. I said that I can’t do ‘tough love’ outside of a battle. I’m not capable of it. If I am ignorant for not being capable of it, then fine. I am ignorant. I’m not going to hurt him or induce a panic attack just because I want him to get medical treatment.”
“That’s not going to fix it. The only way to give him full use of his hands is to repair the nerve receptors. I tried the calm approach, and that didn’t work. The hospital wouldn’t be able to do what I can do. Sometimes you have to show someone a little tough love. If you’re always passive, you could let them do something they might regret later down the line. If he hates me in return for full use of his hands, I can live with that, because I know he’d have full use of his hands.”
“If he gets injured one day and it’s something I can’t fix with the best of my ability, then I will take him to a hospital for treatment. The berries I use for the salve are the best things to use for burns here, no matter the species.
Kin trusts me to help him. I’m not going to take advantage of that to force him into a situation that he does not want without prior warning and a proper explanation. I don’t do ‘tough love’ outside of battles.”
“Didn’t I tell you to stop making snap judgements? I’m going to help him because if I don’t he will be disabled in a way he doesn’t have to be. He’s just afraid of how much it’s going to hurt, but he has to learn pain is necessary in life. Temporary pain now is more important than lack of use in your hands for your entire life.”
"I respect his decisions but I’ve also provided him with a burn salve that will help heal them as best it can. I was going to reapply it today. However, I’ve asked him politely and calmly first. I did not and will not tackle and restrain him to try to force him to comply with my own wishes.
I would have rather he go to a hospital for better treatment but again, I respected his decisions.”
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