[ Look, if it's led up to gently, Kazu can accept a call-out. And he already knows this near-complete inability to process negative emotions is his worst flaw. He just lets everything reduce to anger and then that anger drives everyone away.
...except Val. It was actually so much worse before Val, since at least now Kazu is aware of the issue and actively trying to stop doing it.
The 'how' is often a stumbling block, though. And some defense mechanisms are just very difficult to unlearn, especially in the moment when he's upset and overwhelmed. Believe it or not, even if he snapped at Barry the fact that he managed not to snap at Aki is significant progress. Just not good enough. Not yet.
Kazu sighs, deflated, as he realizes he doesn't have a good answer to Scott's question. ]
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...except Val. It was actually so much worse before Val, since at least now Kazu is aware of the issue and actively trying to stop doing it.
The 'how' is often a stumbling block, though. And some defense mechanisms are just very difficult to unlearn, especially in the moment when he's upset and overwhelmed. Believe it or not, even if he snapped at Barry the fact that he managed not to snap at Aki is significant progress. Just not good enough. Not yet.
Kazu sighs, deflated, as he realizes he doesn't have a good answer to Scott's question. ]
I don't know.