What? And where the fu- Where were we supposed to get that info?
[He reminds himself he's here to talk about the kid's issues, getting defensive about this isn't gonna help Izuku and he tries to sound less defensive, he tries. He starts his hand moving on the kid's back again, although the movement's a little more irregular than it was.]
I guess if someone here's an expert in stupid fuckin magic shit this whole thing's on them, but what were we supposed to do? How the- how were we supposed to know? I don't even know what happened back there! I still don't have a clue if-
[Yeah, he was trying to sound less defensive, wasn't he? Clearly didn't try hard enough.
Right. Okay.
Hank takes a couple seconds. He swallows. He takes a breath, letting it out hard though his nose. His voice still comes out hard, but it's not defensive any more, so that's... fine.]
It wasn't your fault. [He hopes that's what the kid wants to hear right now, because that's what Hank has.] There's nothing you coulda done, or known, that you didn't already. Okay? You were tryin to help.
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[He reminds himself he's here to talk about the kid's issues, getting defensive about this isn't gonna help Izuku and he tries to sound less defensive, he tries. He starts his hand moving on the kid's back again, although the movement's a little more irregular than it was.]
I guess if someone here's an expert in stupid fuckin magic shit this whole thing's on them, but what were we supposed to do? How the- how were we supposed to know? I don't even know what happened back there! I still don't have a clue if-
[Yeah, he was trying to sound less defensive, wasn't he? Clearly didn't try hard enough.
Right. Okay.
Hank takes a couple seconds. He swallows. He takes a breath, letting it out hard though his nose. His voice still comes out hard, but it's not defensive any more, so that's... fine.]
It wasn't your fault. [He hopes that's what the kid wants to hear right now, because that's what Hank has.] There's nothing you coulda done, or known, that you didn't already. Okay? You were tryin to help.