Definitely familiar. The first time we met I had to beat the hell out of him. He thought he could take on anyone and anything, and I didn't want him to get himself killed, and I figured better a few broken ribs than being on the wrong end of something worse. Even if death isn't permanent here, it's not any fun.

A successor? That must be intense. [ Wanting someone to succeed you, that can to a whole lot of expectations and pressure and the like. Doesn't have to, but it definitely can be something one feels a lot of ways about. ]

From what I'm putting together, it seems like you and Red Son probably aren't on the same side of at least some situations. He always said he worked with MK reluctantly, though it seems to be more like a hesitant friendship on his part. [ One that Red Son isn't sure his parents would approve of if he admitted the truth of things. ]