"I don't think it'll erase everything, or anything..." Jack heart hurts hearing Raimundo saying that and saying everything else.
The way he says it, his tone, the words... It sounds like him! His head! The things he hears in his head!
Especially the last part, reminds him so closely of his old home. Of his father...
"Mistakes get made. So you made one. But he made one too. He shouldn't have punished you for doing what you were taught."
Jack moves his hand back, its rubbing his arm, he's nervous. He clinches onto his arm before starting.
"You shouldn't have been punished for doing exactly what you were taught, even if he said to stay out of sight. The Xiaolin protect life and you cared about Master Fung, he should have seen that as what it was, what you were taught. Instead, he punished you and denied you apprentice rank..."
There's venom in Jack's voice, he has to pause to take a breath as he's shaking slightly.
"He twisted the rules, had hidden ones, just like..." There's a pause to keep on track, to avoid those thoughts, the past.
"He is as much to blame for this mess as you are if you insist on taking blame! He lied and caused you pain, pain you didn't deserve!"
"No one deserves to be alone, sad, and injured all the time! You are the Dragon of Wind, the one who takes life one day at a time, enjoying it to its fullest whether it be getting chores done while still playing around or lounging."
"Or making games while also training, bets too. Or even daring the others to do things! You loved trying to out do Omi's tiger sense, or teaching him new things. You are also brave, protective, caring, despite hiding it. Moving Dojo put of danger, picking Omi up when we found him New York, and more!"
"You didn't deserve what happened to you, and it was cruel! Fate or whatever caused it was cruel! If I could go back in time, I would go back and help you! You don't deserve to suffer alone! You don't deserve to think like that!"
It sounds like he's liked Raimundo for a long time, long before what happened with Mala Mala Jong.