"The only reason he tried controlling you was because he knew you'd never follow him otherwise! Viral, it's not hard to see that he didn't want to just do away with you. You're strong, so strong that the King wanted you over most of his own soldiers! But that isn't the same as you being able to beat him. Think about how strong he must be, none of us can beat him, not yet. Not even you." The cold, hard reality of the situation was if they were to fight now they would be rolled over. Even with Shu and Viral transforming, even with T'charrl changing Yumi still believed they didn't have enough power. Defeating someone who commanded that large an army wasn't going to be easy, the King ruled for a reason and that reason was his insane power. Part of their being able to win this war was Viral getting healthy again, he was a key part of their team and they couldn't do this without him. All this talk of self-loathing and failure was really bringing the mood down, making them both properly miserable. Yet somehow Yumi reminded herself that she could help, even if she wasn't sure still how her ability worked. First forcing herself to calm down she reached out and placed a hand on Viral's shoulder, wondering if maybe contact would help him some. "You're going to get better, you will, it'll just take some time," she said gently, offering a small smile, "Vegeta and I wouldn't be working so hard if we didn't think you'd recover. And... As soon as you're ready we'll begin training, and we'll train until you're stronger than anyone else here. You're going to be great Viral, even better than you were before, it's just going to take a little bit longer than we'd like."

It was odd, Takeshi wasn't finding himself freaking out whatsoever being so close to T'charrl. Maybe once he got talking and all it was easy to get past what his friend looked like, it was easier to ignore appearances. It was really lame that he was so uneasy most of the time but he couldn't help it much, it was like Shu being afraid of his Oozaru form, it was just there. For the moment however he could actually get on without a care, enough to a point where he stood before the Kaesstrian without batting an eye. "Hey, I had no friends either growing up. I didn't even have a family," the Saiyan remarked, handing over half the pomegranate before smiling, "But look at us now. We've got family and friends, and we'll probably only make more, you know? And honestly I can't think of anyone else I'd rather be friends with than the people on this ship." Tch, all this touchy, sentimental conversation had him speaking real easily, and Takeshi found his face heating up slightly at speaking like this. It just wasn't his style to be so open usually, it made him feel a bit vulnerable and silly. Opting to take a brief pause he popped a seed in his mouth, sucking on it as he glanced over at Shu. The little guy was being pretty quiet, probably just content with his fruit for now. "Hit like a truck means they hit really hard. It's a saying we have on Earth," Takeshi explained, looking back to T'charrl with a smile, "And nah... I mean not entirely. Seeing you and your people using them kind of got me wanting to try too, you know?" Gah, why did T'charrl have to keep saying 'like him a lot', that sounded weird! "I do not like him at all!" he said abruptly, his face reddening drastically as he balled his hands at his sides. "I mean I d-do, but not like... Oh never mind!" Huffing he popped a few seeds into his mouth, sitting on his backside as he tried to play off his obvious embarrassment.