“.. I.. understand.. I feel like my stay.. was a bit longer than.. needed.. I’ll go ahead and take my leave.. I thank you for letting me….. Good bye, Keiji, thank you..”
Dabi picked himself up, and brushed himself off slightly.. looked at Keiji.. than.. gently rubbed the top of his head.. as a sign of.. “it’s okay”..
He shook his head
"Endeavour is. He..........I hold no love for that man. Frankly none of us do. The only reason why we keep him around is that well-we already have one monarch angry with us...and having another one-even an exiled one-seems far too dangerous. And because......if he goes........then he takes Shoto with him. You can blame Endeavour all you want but Shoto's been hurt by him too. You're not the only member of the Todoroki family with scars...."
"..........."
He took a deep breath
"Shoto told me, that a long time ago....before....before Midoriya-before Izuku-....before All for One-"
He swallowed hard and kept going
"Before.....He told Shoto that his power was his own. Not Endeavour's, not the nobility's.....his. What happened to you is awful-what Endeavour pushed you to do is awful-but that is NOT who you are. Your quirk doesn't make you who or what you are, only you can do that. And look at what you've managed to do-you've managed to harness something that you thought was uncontrollable-you took your pain and you turned into power. And maybe....maybe in another life, in a better world-you could have learned differently-you could have been shown the love you deserve-but maybe.....maybe our experiences make us stronger. No matter how much we suffer, we can still grow...so as hard as it is...maybe you need to stop living in the past...so that you can be stronger in the present."
