fft okay uh, I'm just gonna... ramble whatever and maybe it will make sense. Maybe it won't.
I'm gonna answer Link's FEELINGS ON THE CONCEPT OF TEAM.
Because of Del's history Link is highly aware that teams are designated by the Judges and there's not much guarantee that you'll like who ends up on your team. That said Link feels a big responsibility (and responsibility, duty, dedication, are all things that come to Link easily, since it's more desire and less obligation) to everyone that does end up on his team because he realizes that he has a hand in shaping who these people become, and it's important to get it right and not give up. It's because of situations like Soujirou, Shiki, and Zero that Link tends to put team first in practice, even though he's never actually told anyone to do that (due to his strong relationship to Allen he wouldn't ask someone to do that). It took a little over 100 days for Soujirou to become what he is now, and Link thinks he wouldn't have if his teammates hadn't stood by him despite whatever he's done. If they hadn't had patience to put up with him, or hadn't accepted him when he was basically horrible sometimes, he wouldn't have the foundation or support to get over his break to such a stable place where he's ready to face himself.
That's how Link feels anyway, so as much as possible he is there to help anyone that shows up on his team and needs him, and tries hard to foster a loving environment between other teammates as well. It's why he disapproves of disharmony in his team, and rather than siding with his moral inclination and arguing with people about right and wrong he's more likely to tell both parties in an argument to chill and try to think things through from other perspectives and see how something might be justified. Admittedly he also expects people with the more morally just perspective to be able to bend and understand better than people who are screwed up morally. A person doesn't always need to agree with someone's morals to love and support them.
ANYWAY Link super loves his team, and I don't mean because they're wearing light blue. New members will earn his attention and his support but he is aware affection develops through shared experiences, even in himself. But the team he has now he loves a LOT, because despite how kinda crazy and emotionally closed off everyone is, they've learned to hold each other up and that is amazing and makes Link's heart warm. Unfortunately, there are lots of bumps still to come and as much as Link is determined to be emotionally available to all his teammates, he also tends to suffer a lot of emotional blows as well because of people's issues. But he's gotten efficient at shrugging most of those blows off out of necessity.
AAAH WHAT AM I EVEN TALKING ABOUT ANYMORE?
Shiki -- The first teammate he connected with. She is super important to him. He sees her as really strong but with fragile breaks in a lot of places and it's not hard to inadvertently jab them. Link himself generally has no problems avoiding those fragile places and that Shiki trusts him with understanding her and doesn't mind him knowing where she's fragile when she normally puts on such a hard front does a lot for making her important to him. He can't help loving the people who rely on him.
Zero -- He and Link are in a rough patch! Link is a little unhappy at being pushed away when they were doing fairly well before and Zero seemed to be opening up a bit. He's really at a loss with how to help Zero deal with what he is in a way that isn't self-destructive.
Soujirou -- see comment to Sou above. Despite how he cared about Sou, he wasn't able to connect with him at all before because he wasn't invited to understand him the way Shiki was. He is super glad things have worked out.
Cornelius/Raymond -- Rather distant. Raymond and Cornelius are both adults and don't have much need of Link, as far as he knows, so again, he has difficulty relating.
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I'm gonna answer Link's FEELINGS ON THE CONCEPT OF TEAM.
Because of Del's history Link is highly aware that teams are designated by the Judges and there's not much guarantee that you'll like who ends up on your team. That said Link feels a big responsibility (and responsibility, duty, dedication, are all things that come to Link easily, since it's more desire and less obligation) to everyone that does end up on his team because he realizes that he has a hand in shaping who these people become, and it's important to get it right and not give up. It's because of situations like Soujirou, Shiki, and Zero that Link tends to put team first in practice, even though he's never actually told anyone to do that (due to his strong relationship to Allen he wouldn't ask someone to do that). It took a little over 100 days for Soujirou to become what he is now, and Link thinks he wouldn't have if his teammates hadn't stood by him despite whatever he's done. If they hadn't had patience to put up with him, or hadn't accepted him when he was basically horrible sometimes, he wouldn't have the foundation or support to get over his break to such a stable place where he's ready to face himself.
That's how Link feels anyway, so as much as possible he is there to help anyone that shows up on his team and needs him, and tries hard to foster a loving environment between other teammates as well. It's why he disapproves of disharmony in his team, and rather than siding with his moral inclination and arguing with people about right and wrong he's more likely to tell both parties in an argument to chill and try to think things through from other perspectives and see how something might be justified. Admittedly he also expects people with the more morally just perspective to be able to bend and understand better than people who are screwed up morally. A person doesn't always need to agree with someone's morals to love and support them.
ANYWAY Link super loves his team, and I don't mean because they're wearing light blue. New members will earn his attention and his support but he is aware affection develops through shared experiences, even in himself. But the team he has now he loves a LOT, because despite how kinda crazy and emotionally closed off everyone is, they've learned to hold each other up and that is amazing and makes Link's heart warm. Unfortunately, there are lots of bumps still to come and as much as Link is determined to be emotionally available to all his teammates, he also tends to suffer a lot of emotional blows as well because of people's issues. But he's gotten efficient at shrugging most of those blows off out of necessity.
AAAH WHAT AM I EVEN TALKING ABOUT ANYMORE?
Shiki -- The first teammate he connected with. She is super important to him. He sees her as really strong but with fragile breaks in a lot of places and it's not hard to inadvertently jab them. Link himself generally has no problems avoiding those fragile places and that Shiki trusts him with understanding her and doesn't mind him knowing where she's fragile when she normally puts on such a hard front does a lot for making her important to him. He can't help loving the people who rely on him.
Zero -- He and Link are in a rough patch! Link is a little unhappy at being pushed away when they were doing fairly well before and Zero seemed to be opening up a bit. He's really at a loss with how to help Zero deal with what he is in a way that isn't self-destructive.
Soujirou -- see comment to Sou above. Despite how he cared about Sou, he wasn't able to connect with him at all before because he wasn't invited to understand him the way Shiki was. He is super glad things have worked out.
Cornelius/Raymond -- Rather distant. Raymond and Cornelius are both adults and don't have much need of Link, as far as he knows, so again, he has difficulty relating.