[It’s more honest than he expected, which means that his first impressions of Abel had been correct ones — sincere, earnest. Trusting, to a degree that V is not. He would not be able to share the details of his childhood with such openness; a closed part of himself that’s difficult to pry open.
Even so, it doesn’t make him less appreciative of this reply.]
All a matter of how well one gets along with a parent’s notion of upbringing. You had different ideas than that of your father. Hideki, it would seem, is fine with his own stagnancy, his own brand of affluent ignorance.
And his parents make no effort to quell that.
[Maybe they perpetuate it. Worse, maybe they just don’t care.]
You underwent your own journey, pushed forward where most are content to remain the same. I would know. So it makes sense for you to look at someone representing the worst of what could have been, and feel irritation.
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Even so, it doesn’t make him less appreciative of this reply.]
All a matter of how well one gets along with a parent’s notion of upbringing. You had different ideas than that of your father. Hideki, it would seem, is fine with his own stagnancy, his own brand of affluent ignorance.
And his parents make no effort to quell that.
[Maybe they perpetuate it. Worse, maybe they just don’t care.]
You underwent your own journey, pushed forward where most are content to remain the same. I would know. So it makes sense for you to look at someone representing the worst of what could have been, and feel irritation.
No one reasonable would blame you for it.