To him trust is an irrational emotion, he can't just trust. Not since Nobuyuki. "I'm not doubting you," because that was a good way to get someone to purposely fail you. And it was better to give them a bar they had to rise to, but she was setting this bar herself, and he couldn't see the reasoning behind it. "I don't trust people, I trust motivations. I can offer enemies a better way out of Hell, but if circumstances change, and someone offers them a better deal in the short term, and they lose their faith in capacity to uphold my end, they'll change their minds, and take the risks, no matter what the risk is. What is your gamble?"
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To him trust is an irrational emotion, he can't just trust. Not since Nobuyuki. "I'm not doubting you," because that was a good way to get someone to purposely fail you. And it was better to give them a bar they had to rise to, but she was setting this bar herself, and he couldn't see the reasoning behind it. "I don't trust people, I trust motivations. I can offer enemies a better way out of Hell, but if circumstances change, and someone offers them a better deal in the short term, and they lose their faith in capacity to uphold my end, they'll change their minds, and take the risks, no matter what the risk is. What is your gamble?"