nods yesssss i am very excited to see things go squiggly it's especially interesting in a context where this kind of social tanking isn't necessarily it's own kind of death sentence (or at least that's how it works in shin's mind) bc.... it has to actually be dealt with
yesssssss he's reaching/reached that point with nene... sidney also could maybe with the right circumstances given he's seen shin break down before and god... nene and shin finally referring to each other as family... esp knowing what that means...
i said this a lil in my plurk.... but i think it'll be interesting to see if they kinda get to that point where there's a mutual understanding that despite all the posturing, there's a person underneath that, and one who's grown a lot no less. bc as you've said before they're both kinda pointing spiderman meme rn