[The rhetorical question might only be a jab, but Ryuji cocks his head, considering it.]
I wouldn't be a very good person if I gave up, so yeah. I guess you could say that. It don't take the Metaverse or special powers to do somethin' about somethin', I learned that bein' a phantom thief. Try me--I know a lot more than you think.
[The skeletons in Mondo's closet and his explosive anger were the reasons he was stepping in, not the reasons he would back down; to Ryuji, that's an important distinction and he assumes that's what the other is getting at until professional help enters the equation.
That surprises him. Professional help as in... therapists and shit? That's the last recourse he would've expected Mondo to take, let alone voluntarily bring up on his own. It's not an unpleasant surprise, just... a surprise.]
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I wouldn't be a very good person if I gave up, so yeah. I guess you could say that. It don't take the Metaverse or special powers to do somethin' about somethin', I learned that bein' a phantom thief. Try me--I know a lot more than you think.
[The skeletons in Mondo's closet and his explosive anger were the reasons he was stepping in, not the reasons he would back down; to Ryuji, that's an important distinction and he assumes that's what the other is getting at until professional help enters the equation.
That surprises him. Professional help as in... therapists and shit? That's the last recourse he would've expected Mondo to take, let alone voluntarily bring up on his own. It's not an unpleasant surprise, just... a surprise.]
Are you talkin' about therapy?