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[orphne]

Hi everyone!

Jerry gave me some homework. Can you help me with it, please? ( •̯́ ^ •̯̀)

He wants me to ask if there's such a thing as going “too far” to protect someone you love. What extent would you go to protect others? Would you physically harm them if it meant saving them from harm?

Oh, you can respond with video or call or text or whatever, that's fine! If you want to talk to each other too, that'll probably help, also.

Thank you! ₊˚⊹♡

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[luneminary]

I know, I know! But that's what happened, right?

I wish I knew when if it's my own wishes too, but it's hard when this place just wants us to do anything it fancies sometimes. (＃＞＜) You just have to trust what everyone else says, I think!

They Scott get mad because they also want you to be safe, and because getting hurt makes them sad. Think about it this way - they want to protect you too, but they can't do that if you end up in danger because of them.

[orphne]

["Trust what everyone else says"... maybe she'd forgotten that. Without most of SEES to rely on, she'd taken on so much of that burden herself, even though she knows she has people she can rely on to help her make the right choice.

Ryoji's really insightful, isn't he? It makes her smile, even if he can't see it.]

It would be easier if people didn't need to be protected at all, huh...?

It's hard to know when to trust yourself and when to listen to somebody else. Even everybody's replies to this have been so different!

[luneminary]

[To be honest, a part of Ryoji isn't sure if trusting people is the right decision all the time - he has been fooled before, after all. But perhaps choosing to rely on someone, to take that chance, is more important than protecting yourself and not choosing at all.]

That's true! But then you wouldn't need anyone at all, and that's a bit lonely, I think.

Maybe the reason why there's so many different answers is because there is no one correct answer! I'm not sure if your sentencing requires you to find the "right" one or not, but as long as you are able to figure out something for yourself it should be fine right? ...Right?

[orphne]

I'm supposed to do "self-reflection." (¬_¬")

I guess I don't know what's supposed to be the right answer for me!! I was hoping somebody would give me an answer I could take back to Jerry, but I dunno if any of them are really "me," you know...?

[With the exception of Haruhi's "buy them a nice dinner," that one she can do!!]

[luneminary]

Hmm. That sounds hard. Would meditation help?

What would be an answer that's like Kotone-chan...That is a bit tough. I wish I could help out more, but I guess there's really no easy way to figure that out other than listening to your own heart.

[orphne]

¯\_(' ヘ ')_/¯

Listening to what I thought was my heart is what got Scott hurt, though. If you weren't there... things would have been really bad.

[luneminary]

I just did what I had to do, really! And my first thought is that Kotone wouldn't want Scott to get hurt. So I made sure to protect him until you got your senses back.

Maybe that's what Jerry wants you to do? To rely on other people when you're not sure about something, just like what you're doing now?