Oh! Uh well, n-not exactly. [Oh jeez. His voice is a little higher than it needs to be as he tries to explain his way out of this.] S-sometimes quirks skip a generation, or...or mutate! So my parents don't really have a quirk like mine, uh...
[Thankfully Petunia doesn't seem to be too hung up on his answer. She actually seems...disappointed? Izuku frowns as he listens--the feelings she portrays are a little too familiar to the ones he felt before All Might.]
Even if you don't have a quirk doesn't mean you can't do anything! [The frown is wiped from his face as soon as it comes, trying his best to reassure her.] I wasn't--err, I was a really late bloomer with my quirk, so for a while I thought I didn't have one at all. I wanted to be a hero, but I didn't think I could do it without all the cool quirks my friends had. But I didn't give up! I studied a lot and trained harder than anyone so I could catch up to everyone.
Besides! [Izuku uses his fingers to pull his lips up in a smile.] The most important part of being a hero is this! Reassuring people and making them feel safe! You don't need a quirk to soothe someone's heart!
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[Thankfully Petunia doesn't seem to be too hung up on his answer. She actually seems...disappointed? Izuku frowns as he listens--the feelings she portrays are a little too familiar to the ones he felt before All Might.]
Even if you don't have a quirk doesn't mean you can't do anything! [The frown is wiped from his face as soon as it comes, trying his best to reassure her.] I wasn't--err, I was a really late bloomer with my quirk, so for a while I thought I didn't have one at all. I wanted to be a hero, but I didn't think I could do it without all the cool quirks my friends had. But I didn't give up! I studied a lot and trained harder than anyone so I could catch up to everyone.
Besides! [Izuku uses his fingers to pull his lips up in a smile.] The most important part of being a hero is this! Reassuring people and making them feel safe! You don't need a quirk to soothe someone's heart!
[That's what All Might taught him, after all.]