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[pedagogies]

It's still something you succeed in, is it not?

[petsthedog]

It ain’t the same kind of thing.

[Apples and oranges as it were, pun unintended.]

It…ain’t something that matters.

[pedagogies]

[ qifrey's eye narrows a fraction. ]

So the only power that matters, power to change things, is violence.

Not feeding the hungry. And not healing people.

[petsthedog]

"Feeding the hungry"'s a dramatic way to put it. We made pancakes together, once. I made udon for Doc Maruki as a thanks once. That's it.

[Healing ... is something that would matter. But it's precisely why he doesn't trust himself to do it.]

[pedagogies]

Oh?

Then why did you learn it?

[petsthedog]

...I don't know, it was fun, I guess?

[He did used to do some things simply for the joy of it, once upon a time.]

[pedagogies]

[ gently. ]

Yes, I imagine so. But there was a need for it, wasn't there?

[petsthedog]

You're givin' me too much credit. It's a useful skill, sure, but it ain't like I picked it up so I could feed people. Just wanted to be self-sufficient, really.

[He shakes his head, a handcoming up to rub at his neck.]

Hell, it ain't even something I used to tell people about much.

[pedagogies]

Because you treat it that way. As something less important than fighting. And protecting.

But it's not true. Other skills have value. And they can absolve you if you let them.