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[hoboagogo]

[Hello, imPorts! Shinjiro looks decidedly exhausted when the feed turns on-- but that's not exactly a unique case after the past week's events, now is it? But he's finally home from having spent a few nights lending a hand in the Orlando area, and that seems like a good enough time to ask the network a question.]

So all've you that can't fly or teleport or whatever:

How in the hell do you get around when it comes to heroing shit like this? Gettin' through a disaster zone's a damn nightmare...

[He had no plans to go full on STALKS THE NIGHT, but damn, even getting from Heropa to Orlando had been a problem in the wake of several bombs going off- especially since his options are public transit, biking, or just plan hoofing it over. And lets be real, this is likely not going to be the last time something like this happens.

At the end he mutters a quick:]

Dunno how people in Bulgaria expected us to hop over there when we can't even get to the airport- let alone get a ticket over.

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[hoboagogo]

[That... really hits the heart of the issue, and he's quiet for a moment, taking it in. Shinjiro's hardly the most altruistic type-- but hey, he'll step in if he's got to-- but ugh, hates that feeling of expectations and pressure.]

...Yeah. Like I figure as a doctor you wanna help anyone you can-- but if you work yourself up over everyone you can't, you'd go nuts, right?

[forsometimenow]

Exactly. It's one of the first things they taught us in med school, because if you're busy feeling sorry for yourself, or angry, over every person you couldn't help... it interferes with your ability to help others. It doesn't mean you stop feeling it, but you keep pushing on and do what you can in spite of it. The fact that other people can't understand... that they're so ready to criticize everyone they feel wasn't doing "enough"... it's frustrating.

-whoops got distracted by dream post. >:

[hoboagogo]

Yeah, I get you. [A sigh out.]

I think that's what gets me more than anything. Just 'cause I ended up here doesn't mean I have some responsibility to people. I don't want to be expected to go be some big damn hero when I ain't.

[forsometimenow]

Right- and it feels like everyone who comes here is expected to be heroic in some fashion... registering as a hero, complete with a swearing-in ceremony... Not everyone's cut out for it.