"How is this an advantage?! You made your son too afraid to fulfill the promise!" Soun snapped.
"That wasn't something that I'd planned on. Besides, what does a little fear matter...."
"'A little' would mean that he'd be watching us when we're around," Nabiki corrected. "Mom says that you got him nice and terrified of us, which I think was really proved when he bolted at the first opportunity he was given."
"I'm sure that you have thought hard about this, but I know my son, and if anyone would be aware of the way he thinks, it's me."
"And this means...."
"I have experience with and understanding him, but you do not. You really should leave this to the adults. So, just stay calm and let your parents and me...." the Saotome patriarch began, before a low growl came from elsewhere at the table.
K'thi bared her teeth at him in a way that was most certainly not friendly. "Do not think to tell my daughters what to do. Not only are they not your children, but you've proven to be irresponsible with the one that you do have."
"But I...."
"Will be quiet NOW!"
A small whimper slipped out from the portly man and he tried to look unconcerned, even as he unconsciously braced himself for a strike.
"Since it's not Ranma's fault, and he's apparently in need of help, I can't think of any reason to leave him like this."
"But Mother, what can we do?" Kasumi asked. "You said yourself that he is afraid of us."
"The first thing is to make that not the case anymore. Girls, we'll have to be extra careful around him, especially with that curse. Always treat him as nicely and as calmly as you can."
Akane frowned slightly. "But why wouldn't we do that anyway?"
"I'm not talking about simply saying 'hello'. We're going to have to tread very softly around him. Getting excited would spook him, no matter if we're happy or angry."
"He'd always be afraid that it'd be that we're getting angry, right?"
"Pretty much. Which means that we'll have to make it so that he'll be safe and comfortable, with positive models of what our type of Tribals can be like. Basically, we'll have to make him feel strong, and see us as only wanting to be friendly. He's going to be skittish, but hopefully, if we can get him to trust us, he'll relax, and at least we'll have made it so that he'll be able to see us as people, not creatures to be afraid of."
"And then the promise can go forward!" Genma declared.
"It might! But there is no guarantee that even if he'd get past any fear enough to feel at ease that he'd want to be with one of my daughters."
"Oh, that sounds good. I understand."
"I rather doubt that you have the ability to do so," Nabiki muttered.
"Huh?"
"Exactly."
"In any case, we'll have to work on making it so that he can have a friendly and loving environment, so that he will be able to loose all that fear that he was forced into," K'thi commented, while:
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