[ To be fair, it wasn't a simple question to begin with, but the answer it begets is uniquely complex.
Uniquely Akechi.
Nothing is ever easy with him. No thoughts are ever shallow, and no depths are ever unexplored. It's at least half of why Maruki took a liking to him so immediately. There is nothing less appealing to him than a literal thinker, or a surface-level one.
And then there's what he's sure is meant to be a dig at the end: Maruki, not on his list of people who have proven themselves worthy of a certain level of his confidence.
Maruki only smiles at him, warm and wide. ]
Don't worry. I know I'm not on that list.
[ They are going to carry one another through the twisted, shattered halls of this reality until they can emerge in the place and time that they were never supposed to leave – had to leave, to find one another. And they will remember. They've sworn to remember.
Of course Akechi trusts him. Maruki wasn't asking the question to hear his own name, or any other sort of confirmation. He already knows. ]
Jung had a spiritual relationship with trust that I've always found interesting. He asserted that rather than just thought or prayer, experience was the only way to build trust in god, and that the original word for "trust" in the Bible was mistranslated as "belief." I'm not religious in any way, but I think that same principle can be applied outside of its original context. I can only trust what I can experience directly, and I can only build trust in others by experiencing them fully.
[ He tips his head to the side, thoughtful. ]
I had an interesting conversation with BB recently about the nature of love and hate. She can only love humanity because she hates it just as much. I agreed with her – you can't know someone fully without knowing their flaws, and you certainly can't love someone without knowing enough to hate them too.
[ A pause, and then he shrugs. ]
It all ties together, for me.
[ Of course the person he trusts most is the one who has said and done the worst things imaginable to him. ]
Then again, I also have to come at it from the perspective of a counselor who inherently has to help others build up their trust in me. It can be a tool, like anything else. But it is a good thought exercise, you're right.
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Uniquely Akechi.
Nothing is ever easy with him. No thoughts are ever shallow, and no depths are ever unexplored. It's at least half of why Maruki took a liking to him so immediately. There is nothing less appealing to him than a literal thinker, or a surface-level one.
And then there's what he's sure is meant to be a dig at the end: Maruki, not on his list of people who have proven themselves worthy of a certain level of his confidence.
Maruki only smiles at him, warm and wide. ]
Don't worry. I know I'm not on that list.
[ They are going to carry one another through the twisted, shattered halls of this reality until they can emerge in the place and time that they were never supposed to leave – had to leave, to find one another. And they will remember. They've sworn to remember.
Of course Akechi trusts him. Maruki wasn't asking the question to hear his own name, or any other sort of confirmation. He already knows. ]
Jung had a spiritual relationship with trust that I've always found interesting. He asserted that rather than just thought or prayer, experience was the only way to build trust in god, and that the original word for "trust" in the Bible was mistranslated as "belief." I'm not religious in any way, but I think that same principle can be applied outside of its original context. I can only trust what I can experience directly, and I can only build trust in others by experiencing them fully.
[ He tips his head to the side, thoughtful. ]
I had an interesting conversation with BB recently about the nature of love and hate. She can only love humanity because she hates it just as much. I agreed with her – you can't know someone fully without knowing their flaws, and you certainly can't love someone without knowing enough to hate them too.
[ A pause, and then he shrugs. ]
It all ties together, for me.
[ Of course the person he trusts most is the one who has said and done the worst things imaginable to him. ]
Then again, I also have to come at it from the perspective of a counselor who inherently has to help others build up their trust in me. It can be a tool, like anything else. But it is a good thought exercise, you're right.