[Tetsuo's breathing's still ragged, though he's starting to get it back under control now. On the one hand, this jerk asked to see what he could do and immediately did it better just to make him look like an idiot. On that same hand, Tetsuo doesn't need help. He figured this out on his own. He did his own experiments and - well, just look at what he did!
He's sure that with time, he can master this himself.
But.. then there's Kaneda. Who also has got to have powers, though Tetsuo doesn't know what they are. Who's always been infuriatingly better than him at everything he tries. Who decided he could start picking on Tetsuo the second he got here for no reason with nonsense accusations. Kaneda, who's been nothing but a confusing enigma of conflicting actions ever since he got here.
Kaneda can't be better than him at this. This is the first time Tetsuo's had anything he could do on his own, and he's not going to let him ruin this.
So does he have that time to master it, or is he impatient enough to deign to let someone else demean him by pointing out how much farther he has to go? Decisions, decisions. It's an infuriatingly hard call.]
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He's sure that with time, he can master this himself.
But.. then there's Kaneda. Who also has got to have powers, though Tetsuo doesn't know what they are. Who's always been infuriatingly better than him at everything he tries. Who decided he could start picking on Tetsuo the second he got here for no reason with nonsense accusations. Kaneda, who's been nothing but a confusing enigma of conflicting actions ever since he got here.
Kaneda can't be better than him at this. This is the first time Tetsuo's had anything he could do on his own, and he's not going to let him ruin this.
So does he have that time to master it, or is he impatient enough to deign to let someone else demean him by pointing out how much farther he has to go? Decisions, decisions. It's an infuriatingly hard call.]
You think I can't figure it out myself?