If he actually hurt one of you, then the moral shield he currently has going for him would fall. As for Hinata being in my life, it isn't like I'm intending on marrying him and bringing him into the family. The thing is, how people treat you is really important to me. It says things about how he reacts and about what I can rely on him for.

If people mistreat you, I can't trust them with one of the most important people in my life. It would be the same if it was Rox or Jake or Rose. Someone I can't trust with those I love most is someone I can't truly trust with, if you'll tolerate the resurrection of a long-since flogged cliche, my soul. My non-physical life. You guys are my life, or rather, the parts of my life that I value the most.

[There's a pause. Dirk sort of frowns. He's not sure the best way to phrase this, but...]

Do you think... that your past trauma invalidates your current responses to things?