It's clearly obvious that hawks and dabi knew each other at one point in their lives. Since hawks is trained under the the hero public safety commission when he was a child, i think it's safe to say that dabi was sent there too around the same time. Remember when endeavor said that touya had a fire quirk more powerful than his, but had rei's weak body? I assume that's the reason endeavor deemed touya a failure and pushed him away. However, to not waste the potential of the powerful quirk he possess, endeavor sent him to the hero commission and that's where touya met keigo. If that's not the case then how did dabi know hawks' real name? All of the trainees under the hero commission had to abandon their real name in order to become a hero. It's part of the rules to train under them.
Imagine how hawks feel about this. He found out his childhood friend (?) became a villain, and later he will find out the reason he turned out how he did is because endeavor, his idol, was a child abuser. and considering hawks also came from a broken household.. that's a lot to take in.
It's clearly obvious that hawks and dabi knew each other at one point in their lives. Since hawks is trained under the the hero public safety commission when he was a child, i think it's safe to say that dabi was sent there too around the same time. Remember when endeavor said that touya had a fire quirk more powerful than his, but had rei's weak body? I assume that's the reason endeavor deemed touya a failure and pushed him away. However, to not waste the potential of the powerful quirk he possess, endeavor sent him to the hero commission and that's where touya met keigo. If that's not the case then how did dabi know hawks' real name? All of the trainees under the hero commission had to abandon their real name in order to become a hero. It's part of the rules to train under them.
Imagine how hawks feel about this. He found out his childhood friend (?) became a villain, and later he will find out the reason he turned out how he did is because endeavor, his idol, was a child abuser. and considering hawks also came from a broken household.. that's a lot to take in.