Otherwise, Yukio was only making himself more like a traitor.
So you meant suspicions of being a traitor. I was talking about suspicions of having demon powers.
Yukio surely didn't want to be accused of hidding information, but he also didn't want people to find out something was wrong with his eye.
If he just went to the examination right away, and they found out there was something wrong, they wouldn't accuse him of hidding information, but they would still accuse him of having demon powers or something else and immediately take away his freedom and assigning a guardian to him and a new guardian to Rin.
On the other hand, pretending to be busy and skipping examinations for a few weeks did buy him some time and wouldn't lead to accusations of treason if, when he finally went to the examination, it turns out negative.
I admit that if he delayed and the result turned out positive, that would have been the worst case senario.
But Yukio took a risk, because he wanted to buy himself some time.
I'm not sure that's what I would have done, but I understand why he did it.
If I were him and I must do that suicidal training (which is itself a bad decision), at least I would choose a locked room or a basement. You can't expect no one will notice when you only find an empty building.
I must agree, a closed and locked room would have been better.
No, I'm suggesting "discussion" instead of "asking for help". For example, he could ask Rin "how did you do that candle practice?" if he still wanted to hide his own secret.
I'm sorry, but I genuinely think discussing one's problems with other people and asking for advice is a way to ask for help.
Though I admit asking how Rin does his training is indirect enough to not make Rin suspicious. I didn't think of that. But now we know Yukio's situation is different than Rin's, we know that this information wouldn't have helped Yukio. Still, without knowing that in advance, Yukio defenitely could have done that.
The more dangerous the situation is, the more careful you need to be.
In that case, he should follow the rule more strictly. Like taking the examination in time or not hiding too many things in the report. And definitely not doing secret training.
The problem is, when he still wants to take action, he does it too roughly, and he doesn't seem to notice that.
That's being careful if you don't want to be accused of being a traitor no matter what.
But that's not being careful if you don't want people to know there is something wrong with your eye no matter what.
The point isn't really about trust. Even if he has found someone reliable, there is still no guarantee that the suggestion from this person is workable. In the end, he still needs to judge on his own.
I think you think I mean trust as in: "He discusses with someone to get advice. Then he trust the judgment and advice of the person so much that he just does exactly as that person says".
But what I mean is: "He discusses with someone to get advice or maybe even get that person to do something for him. While trusting that the person won't turn agaisnt him and/or volontarily or involontarily denounce him to the Order upon hearing the information that he may have demon powers or something else that's wrong with him".
Many of the people around him seems like the type of people who would either betray him for their own interests, or who would directly do things against his own will because they think it's for his own good. If, while discussing his problems with the people around him, they find out what his problems are, many of them would have taken that information and used it against him. That's why he can't trust many of them, on different levels and for different reasons.
Because everyone has a blind spot, and it's possible he could find a better way during a conversation. Avoiding all outside source is actually ignoring the possibility that he's on the wrong direction.
That's true. But you have to compare the dangers of taking decisions without consulting other people first vs the dangers of someone using information you gave them against you. The benefits of having other people's opinion, may not be worth the risks of having them use informations against you.
Yes, but the chance that the plan is not best becomes higher, so it's worth reconsidering.
It's worth considering, of course. Though, Yukio did consider changing his plans. And he even considered disscussing with other people, but after the disscussions went wrong, he gave up on disscussing further.
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