[Maybe he's just not explaining this well?? But explaining it better is awkward on something that can be viewed so publicly. So he switches to messaging the other though a private channel.]
Look. I don't see how it's as big a deal as you're making it.
Have you always made friends or enemies with everyone you meet, and that's that? You've never had the wrong impression of someone? Or convinced them to walk a better path? You've never had someone misconstrue your actions and realize later that they were mistaken?
[He's... almost jealous, if that's the case. The martial world is so full of rumors and half-truths peddled by people with selfish ambitions--or secrets guarded by uncertain and wary hearts. It's why he has a job at all. There needs to be someone willing to find the truth and administer justice where needed. It's difficult to imagine such a guileless existence, where people are always exactly as they seem.]
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[Maybe...]
[Maybe he's just not explaining this well?? But explaining it better is awkward on something that can be viewed so publicly. So he switches to messaging the other though a private channel.]
Look. I don't see how it's as big a deal as you're making it.
Have you always made friends or enemies with everyone you meet, and that's that? You've never had the wrong impression of someone? Or convinced them to walk a better path? You've never had someone misconstrue your actions and realize later that they were mistaken?
[He's... almost jealous, if that's the case. The martial world is so full of rumors and half-truths peddled by people with selfish ambitions--or secrets guarded by uncertain and wary hearts. It's why he has a job at all. There needs to be someone willing to find the truth and administer justice where needed. It's difficult to imagine such a guileless existence, where people are always exactly as they seem.]