In our time, maybe it would have been different. But now--
[Now, this was a younger Rutherford, one who had no experiences with him. This Rutherford hadn't raked him over the coals until he'd started to act, had yet to lose and regain his brother in a battle of beliefs.
It would be a betrayal-- an expected one, from someone who'd never proven any sort of worth in which to trust.]
He won't trust me, Hizumi. I don't know if he ever will like this. But he needs someone to look out for him.
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[Now, this was a younger Rutherford, one who had no experiences with him. This Rutherford hadn't raked him over the coals until he'd started to act, had yet to lose and regain his brother in a battle of beliefs.
It would be a betrayal-- an expected one, from someone who'd never proven any sort of worth in which to trust.]
He won't trust me, Hizumi. I don't know if he ever will like this. But he needs someone to look out for him.