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The doctor nodded. "Somewhat. So you find yourself frustrated when he becomes meek on the outside, in the real world? Is this why you are always teasing and mocking him, and becoming aggressive with him?"
"Ja. I'm trying to make him show some backbone. He has it in him, I've seen it. But no matter what I do, he just apologizes and scurries about like a puppy that has been kicked one too many times. I don't know what to do with him anymore. I want him to..." She trailed off. She wasn't ready for that admission yet.
"You understand that it was the way he was raised?" Dr. Kagame asked.
The German girl blinked. "Nani?"
"In our culture, we Japanese offer apologies and sympathies very often. It is more a courtesy than anything else, often enough. Pilot Ikari is young, and thus not in a position to be anything but subservient to the majority of the city. He is polite and well-mannered. You take his actions as a weakness because in your culture, apology is an admission of weakness, of guilt. In our culture, it is not. It is a sign of strength of character. You have to understand that difference to understand why he acts that way." The therapist explained.
Only In Your Eyes Am I Worthy, Chapter 11
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