[ Let's see... There's Kotone, Aragaki-senpai, Kirijo-senpai (wherever she is...), Yu, and Yosuke. That's five so far. And based on Mikey's choice of the word "plenty," it sounds like there's even more out there. ]
Oh.
[ It's simply a matter of fact, neither reassuring nor discouraging to Minato. Though he'd ultimately learned to look to others for strength, actually leaning on them, even just a bit, remains a foreign concept. ]
That's good.
[ But it's spoken in a flat tone, an acknowledgement of Mikey's words as opposed to genuine gratitude. He's thankful, but Mikey's not obligated to share any of this with him. ]
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Oh.
[ It's simply a matter of fact, neither reassuring nor discouraging to Minato. Though he'd ultimately learned to look to others for strength, actually leaning on them, even just a bit, remains a foreign concept. ]
That's good.
[ But it's spoken in a flat tone, an acknowledgement of Mikey's words as opposed to genuine gratitude. He's thankful, but Mikey's not obligated to share any of this with him. ]