Summary - Mokuba asks a difficult question. Seto wonders how much an eleven-year-old actually just might understand.
Disclaimer - Not mine.
Warnings - Nada, actually.
"Niisama... Why do people hurt each other?"
Blank stare. "What are you talking about?"
Mokuba shifted around uncomfortably, apparently expecting his older brother to be psychic so he wouldn't have to voice the reasoning behind his seemingly innocent question. Instead of elaborating, the young Kaiba sunk into his seat, wanting to disappear. Behind his office desk, Kaiba Seto gave his companion an awkward look.
"Well, uhm, of course it's not right to hurt each other."
"...But I asked why."
The brunette frowned, still trying to decipher his brother's worries. It seemed impractical for the child to be asking such a question, and unless he had been bullied about at school, there was no reason. He looked around his Kaiba Corp. office, apparently hoping his surroundings would give him an answer. Nothing. Just the news, blathering on about something going on in Europe, on the flat screen, a newspaper rambling about how America was whining about a lack of help, and...
Oh.
Duh.
Apparently, being a genius didn't give him excuses from bouts of stupidity.
"Well, sometimes... People get angry. And they like to take it out on others, especially if they did something to them first."
"Did Europe or America do something bad to them?"
"Well... no." Damn. Mokuba asked some pretty tough questions, and he made them sound so innocent.
"Then why...?"
"...Some people can't face reality, because they don't have everything they might need. Emotionally or physically. So they make it so others can't do it either."
"Oh." Mokuba seemed content with the answer, which made Seto immensely happy - he hadn't been ready to face such a question from the eleven-year-old. Sometimes, it made the brunette wonder how much he really noticed, how much he really understood. Sometimes, he thought things he spoke about with others might have just flown over his head. Now, he was rethinking such an idea.
"Niisama... Why do people hurt each other?"
He sighed. He hadn't even understood his own answer.