[ Well. No time like the present to open that part of the conversation. ]
They outrank me, ma'am. At least where Zangyaku is concerned. I have some catching up to do. [ He'll explain that at length in a bit, though this one has no illusions that you likely already know. ]
I saw Magistrate Shinta's message. I'll need to check in with her about what she thinks of me putting my foot down where it concerns the "elder" half of the blade.
[ He pauses a bit. He knows it's not going to win him any points with Yulia in particular, but he can't have her doing another trip to Blaece. ]
When I accepted the position as blade leader, I told myself that it would mostly be on paper. I've a ways yet to go by way of experience on the field, and interning at Rhiannon's taught me that just because you hold a high-ranking position on the corporate end of things, doesn't mean you're necessarily the go-to person whose expertise is combat.
[ He takes a deliberate pause before he goes on. ]
I don't like the idea of micromanaging the Hounds, but given the exchanges, ma'am, and the fact that they decided to push it without airing their grievances my way first, I think I'll have to just this once.
[ He thinks on his next words; chooses them carefully. ] We can't afford to sound like children being given a Time Out. Not now. Not when recent events have put our name out there. It's bad press. It makes us look reckless.
So, [ hands in pockets now, ] they'll need to run anything they want to do by me from hereon. A break is a break. We need to slow down. The last thing we need is to burn out just because we're a little too enthusiastic about taking on missions.
[ For his part, he's gotten to his first checkpoint. Fifth Circle, in order to get back his mom. It's also not lost on him how many loopholes were exploited thanks to Brig's connections with Eli Tagabigay. ]
You've given us a lot of leg-room. Some might even say too much. I'm grateful for it, but I know it can't always be like this.
I didn't come back from the dead to throw myself into harm's way for -- pardon my language -- shits and giggles. It's not the kind of thing I'd want to see my blademates do either.
We have time. [ Josh's lips thin into a line at that. There's a part of him that worries what Stan might have to say, given that his personal goal -- his mom, safe and okay -- has been seen to. ] We can afford to heel for now.
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They outrank me, ma'am. At least where Zangyaku is concerned. I have some catching up to do. [ He'll explain that at length in a bit, though this one has no illusions that you likely already know. ]
I saw Magistrate Shinta's message. I'll need to check in with her about what she thinks of me putting my foot down where it concerns the "elder" half of the blade.
[ He pauses a bit. He knows it's not going to win him any points with Yulia in particular, but he can't have her doing another trip to Blaece. ]
When I accepted the position as blade leader, I told myself that it would mostly be on paper. I've a ways yet to go by way of experience on the field, and interning at Rhiannon's taught me that just because you hold a high-ranking position on the corporate end of things, doesn't mean you're necessarily the go-to person whose expertise is combat.
[ He takes a deliberate pause before he goes on. ]
I don't like the idea of micromanaging the Hounds, but given the exchanges, ma'am, and the fact that they decided to push it without airing their grievances my way first, I think I'll have to just this once.
[ He thinks on his next words; chooses them carefully. ] We can't afford to sound like children being given a Time Out. Not now. Not when recent events have put our name out there. It's bad press. It makes us look reckless.
So, [ hands in pockets now, ] they'll need to run anything they want to do by me from hereon. A break is a break. We need to slow down. The last thing we need is to burn out just because we're a little too enthusiastic about taking on missions.
[ For his part, he's gotten to his first checkpoint. Fifth Circle, in order to get back his mom. It's also not lost on him how many loopholes were exploited thanks to Brig's connections with Eli Tagabigay. ]
You've given us a lot of leg-room. Some might even say too much. I'm grateful for it, but I know it can't always be like this.
I didn't come back from the dead to throw myself into harm's way for -- pardon my language -- shits and giggles. It's not the kind of thing I'd want to see my blademates do either.
We have time. [ Josh's lips thin into a line at that. There's a part of him that worries what Stan might have to say, given that his personal goal -- his mom, safe and okay -- has been seen to. ] We can afford to heel for now.