Connie's silent for a moment as she turns Akane's words over in her mind. She may not be an experienced pep talker like Universe, or always know the perfect thing to say like Garnet.

But she had to try.

For Akane.

"This is going to sound weird, but... This Ranma guy. I'm taking a wild guess and saying that he's an emotionally stunted asshole who doesn't know how to process his own feelings and whose natural response is to anything he perceives as a threat is annihilating it with extreme prejudice?"

Connie, at the very least, has lots of experience with people who have devoted their entire lives to a singular purpose.