Tales of Ranma and Ranko/Funny

"The senior Hibiki nodded, dazed by this development. "{You have to understand, my son is ... not healthy.}"  "{I understand completely. I want to help him. He has qualities that I admire, nonetheless. Is he here?}""
 * From A Matter of Romantic Chemistry, Shampoo's initial encounter with Ichiro, to establish her pursuit of Ryoga as her husband, includes this moment of inner honesty and outer diplomacy: