[He's silent as his older self tends to the small wound on his hand -- trying to figure out if he feels differently about this kind of attention, now that he knows. A little cut like this is the kind of thing that meant weakness in Germa, meant that his skin was too soft and his hands not quick enough, and even Reiju's occasional care had dealt with larger injuries, more severe than a little cut. But on the Sunny, even little cuts deserve attention, especially in the kitchen, where blood mustn't contaminate the food. This isn't the first time that Cook -- older-Sanji -- has helped him clean and bandage little tiny injuries like this one.
Does it make it different to know that this isn't just any adult gently holding his hand under cool water until the bleeding stops? To have it be himself -- also raised with the harsh mentality that to bleed is a personal failing -- who shows him this treatment...
He can't figure it out. He has suspected since he heard Nami and Usopp talking, but that hasn't been very long, and he's struggling to wrap his mind around this reality properly.]
I wanna do it right. [That's the first rule of this kitchen, the thing he holds topmost in his mind -- don't waste any food, not even the smallest scrap -- not out of his own conviction, but because of older-Sanji's, and compared to the hopelessness of trying to measure up to his father's expectations, this should be very easy. And even so, he's being reassured, not berated, when he struggles. It's hard to understand fully.]
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Date: 2019-05-28 12:42 am (UTC)Does it make it different to know that this isn't just any adult gently holding his hand under cool water until the bleeding stops? To have it be himself -- also raised with the harsh mentality that to bleed is a personal failing -- who shows him this treatment...
He can't figure it out. He has suspected since he heard Nami and Usopp talking, but that hasn't been very long, and he's struggling to wrap his mind around this reality properly.]
I wanna do it right. [That's the first rule of this kitchen, the thing he holds topmost in his mind -- don't waste any food, not even the smallest scrap -- not out of his own conviction, but because of older-Sanji's, and compared to the hopelessness of trying to measure up to his father's expectations, this should be very easy. And even so, he's being reassured, not berated, when he struggles. It's hard to understand fully.]