[As confident as Izou is in some ways, he was raise to think providing value to others was tantamount to proving his own worth as a person. Praise affirms that he's worth something, that he's valuable. But with McGillis there's not the undercurrent of desparation because McGillis seemed to find his general existence valueable. Or rather, his instinctive temperament is appealing to McGillis while it was a hindrance to everyone else that made use of him. They wanted to tame his wild animal nature while McGillis reveled in it. If and when he broke first, before McGillis allowed it, he would still be rewarded because McGillis liked that ferocity.
So maybe also a part of it was the lingering sense of conflict that made him want to stubbornly refuse to buckle under McGillis's temptations. Even as his breath becomes more erratic as he's further undressed and explored. He closes his eyes as if that will help.]
It ain't "pliant," whatever that is. It's self-control, discipline. That's one of the rules of bushido, McGillis.
[He KNOWS you had to have read about the eight tenets in a book.]
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So maybe also a part of it was the lingering sense of conflict that made him want to stubbornly refuse to buckle under McGillis's temptations. Even as his breath becomes more erratic as he's further undressed and explored. He closes his eyes as if that will help.]
It ain't "pliant," whatever that is. It's self-control, discipline. That's one of the rules of bushido, McGillis.
[He KNOWS you had to have read about the eight tenets in a book.]