[That's understandable. Kanda gets the need for guidance and support, even if he'd been in no state to appreciate it himself nine years ago.
Still, he can't help pointing out--]
You've done fine on your own.
[He's not going tell Mathis what he can and can't, or should and shouldn't do. But he doesn't think Mathis would struggle nearly as much as he seems to fear he would. He's already been without Camille for two months--even if this place is a miserable hellhole, he's still moving forward.]
[That's true, though he'd meant "away from Camille" specifically--but he doesn't bother clarifying, since it's not that important.]
Mm. That's what happens when your other choice is lying down and dying.
[He's not even trying to be mean or diminish Mathis's growth, it just makes sense, to him, that Mathis feels this way in the situation they've found themselves in. Truly this whole experience has been "a day in the life of a DGM exorcist" for so many people.]
I thought that I would die, when we all first arrived. I-it's almost strange to think that I've gone from... accepting my death, back then, to wanting to live now.
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Still, he can't help pointing out--]
You've done fine on your own.
[He's not going tell Mathis what he can and can't, or should and shouldn't do. But he doesn't think Mathis would struggle nearly as much as he seems to fear he would. He's already been without Camille for two months--even if this place is a miserable hellhole, he's still moving forward.]
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[lucas and scien have been here, for one, but-- so many here have supported him, helped him.
even so-]
B-but I do think that I've... I've managed to grow, here, more than I really thought that I would.
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Mm. That's what happens when your other choice is lying down and dying.
[He's not even trying to be mean or diminish Mathis's growth, it just makes sense, to him, that Mathis feels this way in the situation they've found themselves in. Truly this whole experience has been "a day in the life of a DGM exorcist" for so many people.]
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[truly this is character development...]