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SILVER’S LIST OF BEST FIGHTER BY POTENTIAL: what does it mean by potential? those he see that have more than what meets the eye. that spark he and john often would look for their fighters. he doesn’t really discriminate by sex or size, he trained daniel and made him into a very powerful fighter in less than 4 months, so size doesn’t matter, what matters is the potential for greatness.  all these are for the main kids tbh:

hawk: he was already a great fighter and he saw the way he mixed up the two styles with ease, yet, terry see the boy is holding back, perhaps still shaken by the events of the haircut.  he saw the videos of the 2018 tournament and saw that park of a young boy hwo had enough of being bullied and turn it into power. there is potential in there, as well hawk’s need to please an authority figure. his weakness depends on the verse but terry think it’s his inner self, still seeing himself as that kid pre-flip script.

robby: he trained robby one on one. he thinks robby has more potential in him but his weakness of needing a father figure and his desire to be loved by his father is his doom. terry is set to make robby see that his father is worth nothing and that his real place of belonging is in cobra kai. it’s easier considering if robb.y will have a hard time getting into everyone’s good graces again. like hawk, he sees him mixing the styles very naturally, perhaps more than hawk, but deep down he needs to twist those miyag.i roots even more, because robby has a good heart, sometimes that was seen in every match in 2018 before his arm was broken for it, so he needs to do that, break him.

tory: tory got the fire, got the spirit but he saw her waver once, and he knows her heart isn’t into the art anymore. her weakness is t hat need to protect her love ones. tory worked more as a pack animal in his eyes, a leader of the pack but she very much has failed him the moment she questioned his methods right in the middle of a fight and why he was easy to arrange her fight to make her win.  her training once robby starts showing promise becomes more single focused and sees the difference in character. tory doesn’t have the need to please the authority like robby would have.

sam: don’t get it mixed, he does think sam is a great fighter, perhaps, one of the better ones out there (one of the few reasons why he rigged the tournament, just to make sure), but in his eyes, she is too much like her father except she is less pliant than he was during 1985. sam has a strong moral guideline that even when she is following a more strict training under johnny, she still adapts, but silver’s methods might be too much and will question him and he has no room for that. her weakness is also her greatest strength which is her legacy. she just doesn’t seen to know what to do with it.

miguel: unlike hawk, miguel sense of belonging was never CK per say, but johnn.y lawrence. and he goes were the man goes but like robby keene, the weakness is the need to fill that father figure void. this plus the back injury, terry has no real interest in miguel beside maybe hurting him to indirectly hurt the moral of the adults.

demetri: sadly for dem (or happily) he is too MD for his liking. it’s an insult really but demetri has been the one student he sees that had taken daniel’s teachings and seems to thrive under those instead of questioning it and want something more brutal and hard. so in his mind he is not bothering with the kid.

if non canon speaking, he still think @legacytaught​ is the best fighter in his mind. and he is not being modest but he has trained mercy since they were kid. the closest thing to a kid of his own he would have.

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SILVER’S LIST OF BEST FIGHTER BY POTENTIAL: what does it mean by potential? those he see that have more than what meets the eye. that spark he and john often would look for their fighters. he doesn’t really discriminate by sex or size, he trained daniel and made him into a very powerful fighter in less than 4 months, so size doesn’t matter, what matters is the potential for greatness.  all these are for the main kids tbh:

hawk: he was already a great fighter and he saw the way he mixed up the two styles with ease, yet, terry see the boy is holding back, perhaps still shaken by the events of the haircut.  he saw the videos of the 2018 tournament and saw that park of a young boy hwo had enough of being bullied and turn it into power. there is potential in there, as well hawk’s need to please an authority figure. his weakness depends on the verse but terry think it’s his inner self, still seeing himself as that kid pre-flip script.

robby: he trained robby one on one. he thinks robby has more potential in him but his weakness of needing a father figure and his desire to be loved by his father is his doom. terry is set to make robby see that his father is worth nothing and that his real place of belonging is in cobra kai. it’s easier considering if robb.y will have a hard time getting into everyone’s good graces again. like hawk, he sees him mixing the styles very naturally, perhaps more than hawk, but deep down he needs to twist those miyag.i roots even more, because robby has a good heart, sometimes that was seen in every match in 2018 before his arm was broken for it, so he needs to do that, break him.

tory: tory got the fire, got the spirit but he saw her waver once, and he knows her heart isn’t into the art anymore. her weakness is t hat need to protect her love ones. tory worked more as a pack animal in his eyes, a leader of the pack but she very much has failed him the moment she questioned his methods right in the middle of a fight and why he was easy to arrange her fight to make her win.  her training once robby starts showing promise becomes more single focused and sees the difference in character. tory doesn’t have the need to please the authority like robby would have.

sam: don’t get it mixed, he does think sam is a great fighter, perhaps, one of the better ones out there (one of the few reasons why he rigged the tournament, just to make sure), but in his eyes, she is too much like her father except she is less pliant than he was during 1985. sam has a strong moral guideline that even when she is following a more strict training under johnny, she still adapts, but silver’s methods might be too much and will question him and he has no room for that. her weakness is also her greatest strength which is her legacy. she just doesn’t seen to know what to do with it.

miguel: unlike hawk, miguel sense of belonging was never CK per say, but johnn.y lawrence. and he goes were the man goes but like robby keene, the weakness is the need to fill that father figure void. this plus the back injury, terry has no real interest in miguel beside maybe hurting him to indirectly hurt the moral of the adults.

demetri: sadly for dem (or happily) he is too MD for his liking. it’s an insult really but demetri has been the one student he sees that had taken daniel’s teachings and seems to thrive under those instead of questioning it and want something more brutal and hard. so in his mind he is not bothering with the kid.

if non canon speaking, he still think @legacytaught​ is the best fighter in his mind. and he is not being modest but he has trained mercy since they were kid. the closest thing to a kid of his own he would have.

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SILVER’S LIST OF BEST FIGHTER BY POTENTIAL: what does it mean by potential? those he see that have more than what meets the eye. that spark he and john often would look for their fighters. he doesn’t really discriminate by sex or size, he trained daniel and made him into a very powerful fighter in less than 4 months, so size doesn’t matter, what matters is the potential for greatness.  all these are for the main kids tbh:

hawk: he was already a great fighter and he saw the way he mixed up the two styles with ease, yet, terry see the boy is holding back, perhaps still shaken by the events of the haircut.  he saw the videos of the 2018 tournament and saw that park of a young boy hwo had enough of being bullied and turn it into power. there is potential in there, as well hawk’s need to please an authority figure. his weakness depends on the verse but terry think it’s his inner self, still seeing himself as that kid pre-flip script.

robby: he trained robby one on one. he thinks robby has more potential in him but his weakness of needing a father figure and his desire to be loved by his father is his doom. terry is set to make robby see that his father is worth nothing and that his real place of belonging is in cobra kai. it’s easier considering if robb.y will have a hard time getting into everyone’s good graces again. like hawk, he sees him mixing the styles very naturally, perhaps more than hawk, but deep down he needs to twist those miyag.i roots even more, because robby has a good heart, sometimes that was seen in every match in 2018 before his arm was broken for it, so he needs to do that, break him.

tory: tory got the fire, got the spirit but he saw her waver once, and he knows her heart isn’t into the art anymore. her weakness is t hat need to protect her love ones. tory worked more as a pack animal in his eyes, a leader of the pack but she very much has failed him the moment she questioned his methods right in the middle of a fight and why he was easy to arrange her fight to make her win.  her training once robby starts showing promise becomes more single focused and sees the difference in character. tory doesn’t have the need to please the authority like robby would have.

sam: don’t get it mixed, he does think sam is a great fighter, perhaps, one of the better ones out there (one of the few reasons why he rigged the tournament, just to make sure), but in his eyes, she is too much like her father except she is less pliant than he was during 1985. sam has a strong moral guideline that even when she is following a more strict training under johnny, she still adapts, but silver’s methods might be too much and will question him and he has no room for that. her weakness is also her greatest strength which is her legacy. she just doesn’t seen to know what to do with it.

miguel: unlike hawk, miguel sense of belonging was never CK per say, but johnn.y lawrence. and he goes were the man goes but like robby keene, the weakness is the need to fill that father figure void. this plus the back injury, terry has no real interest in miguel beside maybe hurting him to indirectly hurt the moral of the adults.

demetri: sadly for dem (or happily) he is too MD for his liking. it’s an insult really but demetri has been the one student he sees that had taken daniel’s teachings and seems to thrive under those instead of questioning it and want something more brutal and hard. so in his mind he is not bothering with the kid.

if non canon speaking, he still think @legacytaught​ is the best fighter in his mind. and he is not being modest but he has trained mercy since they were kid. the closest thing to a kid of his own he would have.

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ᴇx·ᴛʀᴇᴍᴇ: ʀᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴀ ʜɪɢʜ ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜᴇ���ᴛ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇ; ᴠᴇʀʏ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ. ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴛ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ʙʟᴏɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛᴇʀʀʏ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋᴀʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴋɪᴅ & ᴄᴏʙʀᴀ ᴋᴀɪ ꜰʀᴀɴᴄʜɪꜱᴇ. ᴀɴᴀʟʏᴢᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴀ/ᴛꜱᴀʀɪɴᴀ.

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silver has a ranking of who are the best teen fighters

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ᴇx·ᴛʀᴇᴍᴇ: ʀᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴀ ʜɪɢʜ ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜᴇꜱᴛ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇ; ᴠᴇʀʏ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ. ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴛ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ʙʟᴏɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛᴇʀʀʏ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋᴀʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴋɪᴅ & ᴄᴏʙʀᴀ ᴋᴀɪ ꜰʀᴀɴᴄʜɪꜱᴇ. ᴀɴᴀʟʏᴢᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴀ/ᴛꜱᴀʀɪɴᴀ.

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silver in that last scene with kre.ese

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karatetm​:

     𝗪𝗛𝗬  𝗗𝗜𝗗  𝗛𝗘  𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣  𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚  𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞?     even  he  wasn’t  sure  anymore.     maybe  because  he  didn’t  feel  like  he  belonged  anywhere  else.     he  should  also  know  better  than  to  antagonize  silver  too,  maybe  he  just  did  it  to  prove  that  the  older  man  didn’t  intimidate  him  like  he  did  the  others,  or  was  that  just  something  he  told  himself  because  he  didn’t  want  to  admit  he  found  the  other  man  intimidating?     duncan  stands  as  tall  as  he  can,  not  much  shorter  than  the  otther  man  but  those  few  inches  could  be  many  with  how  small  silver  managed  to  make  him  feel  sometimes.     for  all  his  bravado  and  tough  exterior,  it  was  like  silver  saw  right  through  that  and  knew  exactly  where  to  strike.     he  had  him  pinned  down,  knew  exactly  the  kind  of  kid  he  was,  the  reason  why  he  got  into  trouble,  anger  that  boiled  high  to  the  surface  and  didn’t  exactly  take  much  to  make  him  boil  over.     yet  the  mere  mention  of  sam,  even  if  he  didn’t  use  her  name,  was  the  strike  that  finally  made  him  drop  his  eye  contact,  looking  down  at  the  ground  because  he  didn’t  think  she  would  get  it.     shoulders  shrug  slightly,  blue  eyes  staying  at  the  ground  as  he  admits,      “     i’m  not  really  training  there,  sam’s  just  shown  me  a  few  things,      ”     plus  he  wasn’t  about  to  admit  out  loud  that  he  doubted  mr  larusso  would  ever  really  accept  him  as  a  student,  it  was  bad  enough  that  he  was  dating  his  daughter.     he  had  always  been  a  bad  student,  it  wasn’t  the  lack  of  skill,  it  was  a  lack  of  discipline  that  he  refused  to  apply  to  anything  he  did,  he  doubted  even  mr  larusso  would  have  the  patience  to  deal  with  him.     taking  a  step  back  and  turning  to  leave,  he  pauses  to  look  back  at  him,      “     but  if  you  go  anywhere  near  sam,  i’ll  make  sure  you  fucking  regret  it,  old  man,      ”

“hm.   that’s   even   worse,   isn’t   it?   means   you   are   lying   to   her.   i   don’t   see   you   hanging   out   the   gi.“   because   he   doesn’t   think   the   kid   has   it   in   him,   considering   that   he   keeps   showing   up   even   when   the   things   get   tough,   even   when   he   is   dating   a   larusso   and   by   all   means,   he   shouldn’t.   it’s   ironic,   laughable.   but   he   can   use   that   in   his   favor.   hands   on   his   pockets,   the   sensei   looks   casually,   a   smirk   upon   his   lips   as   the   other   takes   on   the   bait   he   had   layed   out   there   for   him.   “she   is   a   grown   kid,   mr.   trueheart.   if   she   wants   to   randomly   show   up   at   my   dojo   and   stand   around,   i   cannot   stop   her.“   which   is   exactly   what   samantha   larusso   had   been   doing.   though   he   is   sure   she   wasn’t   telling   anyone   about   it.   perhaps   it   was   time   for   the   lovers   to   have   a   little   talk.

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crystalyz​:

                        she dresses like cheyenne.      flowing bohemian blouses,      sandals,      jingle  -  jangle of bracelets and necklaces made with gemstones and twisted thread.      there’s a lightness to her words and movements that’s absent from most of the other valley kids,      given everything that’s been going on.      moon’s brows raise a little,      intrigued,            ❛      do you mean mr. larusso  ?    sam’s dad  ?      ❜            she’s not heard anyone call him danny boy before,      and assumes mr. silver must be pretty close with him.            ❛      oh  !      no,      no,      i don’t like fighting.      sensei lawrence tried to get me involved,      but,      er…      it’s not really my type of thing.      i’m more about peace and love,      y’know  ?      ❜

                        if mr. silver and mr. larusso really are so close,      she wonders why he doesn’t sound like he likes him so much…      doesn’t sound like he approves.      but moon doesn’t dig,      and she doesn’t seem to take the bait he’s laying down      ——      maybe this girl requires different mind games.      

                        ❛      that doesn’t seem hypocritical to me  !      i mean,      if you struggle with being hot headed,      i think that’s when you gotta’ try to find something calming.      maybe you could learn something from him,      mr. silver.      ❜

this   damn   kid.   she   sure   is   giving   cheyenne   a   run   for   her   money.   or   she   is   slowly   but   surely   becoming   her.   there   is   an   annoying   fondness   for   that.   kept   him   sane   for   the   most   part   of   the   last   decade.   he   is   now   better,   really,   and   poor   cheyenne   doesn’t   know   what   happened.   maybe   he   should   check   on   her,   keep   appearances.   for   now,   he   just   listens.   “yes.   sam’s   father.   i   trained   daniel   back   in   1985,   but   i’m   sure   he   doesn’t   tell   people   that.”   paling   in   comparison   with   dear   old   mr.   miyagi.   but   terry   knows   the   impact   was   deeper.   he   had   gotten   deep   in   there,   ruining   the   once   clean   roots   and   that   will   never   go   away.

peace   and   love.   of   course.   “could’ve   gotten   along   with   the   hippies   back   in   the   day.”   but   if   he   means   it   as   a   compliment   or   not,   he   is   leaving   it   up   to   her.   the   smile   either   way   is   endearing   at   best,   and   mocking   at   most.   depends   on   the   type   of   person   she   was.   “oh   no.   I   find   that   it   doesn’t   work   that   well   with   me,   kid.   but   good   for   danny   to   find   something   to   center   himself.   he   was   all   over   the   place.”   a   short   pause,   as   eyes   scan   through.   “and   seems   like   samantha   has   you.   good   to   have   friends   like   that.”   jesus   she   really   is   all   sweet   and   unicorns.   nothing   seems   to   phase   her.  

ignorance   is   a   bliss.   or   so   they   say.

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furyof​:

      IT   WASN’T   HIS   BEST   IDEA.      he   didn’t   even   know   what   he’d   hoped   to   accomplish   by   sneaking   into   the   dojo.   he   didn’t   think   anyone   would   be   there.   he’d   heard   through   the   grapevine   that   they’d   be   relocating   or   whatever.   he’d   just   needed   to   …   test   something?   try   and   find   some   clarity   by   walking   through   those   doors   again?   like   he’d   step   past   the   door   frame   and   suddenly   he   would   know   he   was   meant   to   be   at   miyagi-do.   it   had   been   some   dumbass   wishful   thinking.   there   was   no   big   epiphany   or   come-to-jesus   moment.   his   doubts   remained,   and   to   make   matters   worse   he   had   chosen   the   night   that   silver   happened   to   be   there.   such   was   his   luck.   he   didn’t   know   what   to   expect   from   the   older   man.   hawk   had   never   officially   met   or   spoken   to   him.   he   just   knew   what   he   was   told   by   mr.   larusso   (   which   was   a   bunch   of   bad   shit   ).

      HIS   WORDS   HIT   A   NERVE,   BECAUSE   THEY   RANG   TRUE.      some   days   hawk   did   wonder   if   he   belonged   in   cobra   kai.   he   feared   he   would   never   be   anything   more   than   those   lessons   he’d   learned.   he’d   never   been   a   true   miyagi-do.   he   didn’t   fit   the   mold   like   demetri,   he   wasn’t   effortlessly   good   like   sam,   he   didn’t   catch   onto   the   teachings   as   quickly   as   robby   fucking   keene   did.   he’d   told   himself   since   the   house   fight   that   he   was   done   with   cobra   kai,   and   done   with   being   an   asshole,   but   he   couldn’t   change   who   he   was   and   he   couldn’t   deny   what   he   wanted.   to   belong   somewhere   was   all   he   wanted.   you   are   cobra   kai.   he   didn’t   want   to   believe   it   to   be   true,   but   it   definitely   felt   that   way   most   of   the   time.   he   eyed   the   seat   wearily,   gaze   shifting   between   the   chair   and   silver   before   finally   sitting.   he   must   have   been   crazy.   ❛   mr.   larusso   says   we   shouldn’t   trust   you,   you   know…   ❜

SMALL   VICTORIES.   THERE   IS   ONE.   as   the   kid   takes   a   seat   and   he   nods,   as   in   approval   to   what   he   did,   to   validate   the   other.   all   of   those   kids   who   step   through   cobra   kai,   they   all   seek   the   same   thing,   really,   he   can   offer   them   exactly   that.   so   he   waits   and   waits   and   when   the   inevitable   appears,   he   laughs.   relaxed,   comfortable,   head   shaking   because   of   course   danny   boy   would   say   that.   he   probably   been   shouting   about   it   from   the   moment   their   paths   crossed   once   again.   “you   are   a   smart   kid,   i’m   sure   you   can   make   your   own   choices,   whatever   daniel   larusso   approves   or   not.”   silver   makes   a   point   to   let   that   come   across.   hawk   is   his   own   person.   daniel   larusso   has   lost   his   balance   and   silver   is   taking   a   chance   to   make   it   even   worse.   serves   him   right   for   holding   a   grudge.

“look,   i   hurt   larusso   back   in   1985,   yes.   but   I   got   better.   i   was   in   a   bad   place,   after   the   vietnam   war,   deep   in   drugs   and   power,   john   called   me   and   i   answered.   i   hurt   this   kid   for   no   reason   just   because   john   kreese   told   me   to.“   a   pause,   as   glazed   sight   sets   on   the   younger   man.   “i’m   sure   you   can   relate.“   because   hawk   had   been   john’s   star   student   for   a   short   time,   when   the   void   of   lawrence   and   diaz   had   to   be   filled.   find   points   to   come   across,   something   to   grasp   and   relate.   let   the   kid   know   he   ain’t   alone.  

“that’s   not   how   i   want   to   run   things.   cobra   kai   was   the   one   thing   that   always   made   sense.   it   was   meant   to   be   a   place   to   belong,   you   know?   to   have   a   family,   when   blood   wasn’t   enough.“

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hehehehe

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COBRA KAI QUOTES MEME || @karatetm​

ah   the   snark,   the   disrespect.   it’s   something   he   expects   from   truehart.   it’s   always   tu   and   tug   and   tug   without   thinking   of   the   consequences   of   tugging   on   the   lion’s   tail.   because   in   this   case,   the   lion   is   really   a   cobra   and   it’s   ready   to   strike.   “you   think   by   now   you   would   know   better,   duncan.   it   wasn’t   a   suggestion.   it   was   an   order.   then   again,   you   always   fail   to   listen   to   reason,   didn’t   you,   kid?   hothead   like   you.”   and   he   has   experience   with   hothead,   thankfully.   but   this   one   is   special.   because   under   all   that   lack   of   discipline,   terry   sees   the   need   to   belong   and   someone   who   is   a   good   student,   when   he   wants   to   be.   “perhaps   i   need   to   make   my   point   across   my   clear.   leave,   or   perhaps   i   should   pay   your   girlfriend   a   visit.   tell   her   that   despite   all   your   miyagi-do   training   you   still   keep   showing   up   here.”   a   knowing   smile   appears,   as   he   leans   in.   “you   can’t   play   both   sides,   mr.   trueheart.”  

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COBRA KAI QUOTES MEME || @furyof​

“is   that   so?   so   you   break   in?“   there   is   a   short   pause   there,   the   almost   empty   dojo   and   the   half   filled   boxes   showing   the   fact   that   they   were   moving   out,      expading.   this,   however,   was   an   opportunity.   “don’t   worry   about   that.   it   just   goes   to   show   that   perhaps,   deep   inside,   you   think   you   belong   here.“   the   light   from   the   desk   room   is   dim   through   the   rather   dark   office   but   it’s   enough   to   see   the   confusion   and   the   troubled   in   the   young   man’s   face.   hawk   moskowitz,   the   one   variable   he   wasn’t   accounting   for   at   the   tournament   when   keene   lost   the   title.   but   he   also   knows   what   works   and   what   doesn’t,   in   a   young   troubled   mind.   “nothing   wrong   with   that   too,   you   know?   you   belonging.   even   if   they   don’t   understand   it   quite   right.   you   are   cobra   kai.“   and   cobra   kai   never   dies,   but   the   unfinished   line   lingers   on   unsaid   as   steel   blue   gaze   fixes   on   the   young   man.   “what’s   on   your   mind,   hawk?   take   a   seat.“

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more asks after a quick break

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COBRA KAI QUOTES MEME || @oncefroze​

she   might   look   like   her   mother,   but   all   he   sees   is   daniel   larusso’s   kid,   staring   back   at   him   and   it’s   1985   all   the   sudden.   asking   for   his   advice,   for   his   help   to   overcome   something   as   primal   as   fear   itself.   he   contains   his   gleeful   insight   on   the   matter   as   she   talks,   aware   that   the   nichols   girl   had   put   a   number   on   her.   in   his   mind,   nichols   was   samantha   larusso’s   own   personal   barnes.   he   can   work   with   that.   he   can   work   with   anything,   and   what   makes   it   more   delightful,   is   that   she   came   to   him   without   any   strings   to   pull.   it   would   break   danny   boy’s   heart   and   he   is   going   to   watch   it   happen.   “you   will   never   be   a   champion   or   be   over   it   if   you   don’t   confront   that   fear.   do   whatever   you   need   to   do,   miss.   larusso,   but   living   with   that   fear   is   gonna   consume   you.”   echoes   of   the   past   slip   into   the   present,   he   is   more   understanding   now.   “it   will   reach   a   point   in   which   just   ignoring   it   will   do   you   no   good.”