You can respect me and honor me all you want. I'm not gonna stop that. Doubt I could even if I tried.
But I won't have you lowering yourself to do it. You're a person, you're capable, and you're looking for help. That doesn't make you a lesser entity.
That's your first lesson, by the way.
None of this "Lesser" stuff. You call yourself a monster? You call yourself a killer? You call yourself dangerous? That's all you'll ever be in your own eyes.
[He releases her hand to put his hand on her shoulder.]
When you refer to yourself from now on... You use your name. Nothing else. If you wanna say you're dangerous? You say that you WERE a fighter, you WERE a killer. From this day forward... You call yourself "Ikuri". Nothing else. You can still be a fighter, a killer, even a monster if you want, but all that is secondary to Ikuri. If you can't do that, then you can't move forward. Nothing I teach you will mean anything if you can't see yourself as something different from what you were.
Remember. You're fighting yourself, Ikuri. This is like no enemy you've ever faced before. You need to change your habits, or you'll lose that fight every time. This fight is inside you.
no subject
But I won't have you lowering yourself to do it. You're a person, you're capable, and you're looking for help. That doesn't make you a lesser entity.
That's your first lesson, by the way.
None of this "Lesser" stuff. You call yourself a monster? You call yourself a killer? You call yourself dangerous? That's all you'll ever be in your own eyes.
[He releases her hand to put his hand on her shoulder.]
When you refer to yourself from now on... You use your name. Nothing else. If you wanna say you're dangerous? You say that you WERE a fighter, you WERE a killer. From this day forward... You call yourself "Ikuri". Nothing else. You can still be a fighter, a killer, even a monster if you want, but all that is secondary to Ikuri. If you can't do that, then you can't move forward. Nothing I teach you will mean anything if you can't see yourself as something different from what you were.
Remember. You're fighting yourself, Ikuri. This is like no enemy you've ever faced before. You need to change your habits, or you'll lose that fight every time. This fight is inside you.