[For a moment he really just wants to sigh, to end the discussion with "Whatever.", but. It wouldn't be doing him any favors.
The kid doesn't know. He couldn't, not yet. He has no idea what the worlds are really like, that he isn't a big player anymore. That he will be easily played and used as a pawn if he isn't careful.
Besides...]
...Yeah. I guess, I can vouch for that.
[He had needed to become stronger, he had found the strength that he had needed. Even though over some detours.
...He just hopes he can spare his mini-self some of those detours... and still knock some more sense into him somehow.]
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The kid doesn't know. He couldn't, not yet. He has no idea what the worlds are really like, that he isn't a big player anymore. That he will be easily played and used as a pawn if he isn't careful.
Besides...]
...Yeah. I guess, I can vouch for that.
[He had needed to become stronger, he had found the strength that he had needed. Even though over some detours.
...He just hopes he can spare his mini-self some of those detours... and still knock some more sense into him somehow.]