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[hgeegh]

We all do. It was on the screen.

1/2

[boneface]

On the...

[ oh. ]

2/2

[boneface]

[ OH. ]

[makeine]

[ tehepero ]

[hgeegh]

So?

[What's the answer, Ryuji.]

[boneface]

[ give him a moment to recover from the shock of everyone watched his gooey ass truth booth. oh god.

but he'll recover and just look kind of... shy? ]

I guess, if I had to.

[ This is gonna be so cheesy, oh my god. But he does add, kind of quietly — ]

I'd prolly do it for her.

[ He is so down bad now that he's allowed to be down bad, leave him alone. ]

[hgeegh]

[In any other circumstance, Sanji would be so, so envious.]

Good answer.

[Slipping his hands in his pocket, he hunches slightly toward Ryuji.]

You know what that means, don't you? It wasn't just luck.

[boneface]

[ That gets a puzzled look from Ryuji when he hears that. It wasn't... just luck?

He thinks of Shido's palace. How sure he was that he could make it but not how sure he was that he could make it back. How he knew he was the only one who could pull it off. How scared he was to try but how much he knew he had to.

... Maybe it wasn't just luck. ]

You think so?

[hgeegh]

Why do you think it's called a leap of faith? It's because it requires belief.

[And that belief forms a miracle. It's not something that drops into a waiting lap. Ryuji ran for it, and he grasped it as consequence.]

The belief that you can do what must be done, and the will to achieve it. You get what I'm saying?

[boneface]

[ His doubt comes, of course. Wondering if Sanji's actually right, feeling like part of it was still just luck and not his own merit. But he wants to believe what Sanji is saying too, that he did it because of his own faith in himself. ]

... Yeah, yeah, I do. It wasn't just luck. It was more than that. It was me.

[ His voice wavers a little at the end there but he refuses to doubt so he straightens up and says it again. ]

I did it. 'Cuz I believed I could do it and I knew I could get it done.

[hgeegh]

[Sanji's grin widens. That's more like it.]

Exactly.

[So long as Ryuji believes, it'll always be possible.]

How about it? Want to go for a run sometime?

[boneface]

[ !!! He looks alarmed at the question but... then... yeah. You know what? Yeah. He wants to go for a run real bad, he misses it like a yearning. ]

... Yeah, I do. Just let me know when, Sanji!

[hgeegh]

Will do.

[He's fast, but they can maintain a pace that works for Ryuji and his leg. It's not about the speed, anyway.]