"I've learned to live with disappointment." She won't be satisfied, no, particularly if they go all noble about it and don't make the fucker shit himself first. But as long as he ends up dead...
"It's not just that he's a vicious, smalldicked asshole," she clarifies. "He did this because he's pissed at the tough bastards. Fine. We've been poking the bear, we can eat the consequences. But he's making everyone do it, including people who could get seriously hurt and weren't involved. I can see the logic in what c-suite does. They're rational, thinking in terms of control, even if they are - less competent then they project. He's thinking in terms of sadism, he's completely indiscriminate, and that makes him the most immediate physical threat to the group."
There's a peculiar cadence in how she speaks, like she's giving a report. And in a way, she is. She's a mercenary's daughter; her pops taught her a certain way of thinking, threat assessment and tactics and all that. Armstrong seems to be speaking a language she knows, and one that comforts her.
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"It's not just that he's a vicious, smalldicked asshole," she clarifies. "He did this because he's pissed at the tough bastards. Fine. We've been poking the bear, we can eat the consequences. But he's making everyone do it, including people who could get seriously hurt and weren't involved. I can see the logic in what c-suite does. They're rational, thinking in terms of control, even if they are - less competent then they project. He's thinking in terms of sadism, he's completely indiscriminate, and that makes him the most immediate physical threat to the group."
There's a peculiar cadence in how she speaks, like she's giving a report. And in a way, she is. She's a mercenary's daughter; her pops taught her a certain way of thinking, threat assessment and tactics and all that. Armstrong seems to be speaking a language she knows, and one that comforts her.