[That is so damn cute. If he has a daughter he hopes she's like Clarke, but he'll just straight up adopt Ari, her contract in her own timeline with a captain, notwithstanding.] Maybe it was just the tedium position she was personally in, and without respect to her abilities.
Perfectly reasonable. [Everyone negotiates their own terms.]
No, you don't strike me as having a princess heart, so when it comes to stabbing someone in the eye, or making them unflinchingly falter in their pursuit, I don't think I need to worry.
It's... not very different from what I do. You'd get along with the rest of my generals. I think Sun Tzu would just say don't do it emotionally, or out of vengeance. Do it simply because it's the correct course. Strategically. Once someone betrays you, the closer they were to you, the more you've lost all chance to get them back and change their mind, because it's a deliberate course of decision for them, and they won't change their mind.
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Perfectly reasonable. [Everyone negotiates their own terms.]
No, you don't strike me as having a princess heart, so when it comes to stabbing someone in the eye, or making them unflinchingly falter in their pursuit, I don't think I need to worry.
It's... not very different from what I do. You'd get along with the rest of my generals. I think Sun Tzu would just say don't do it emotionally, or out of vengeance. Do it simply because it's the correct course. Strategically. Once someone betrays you, the closer they were to you, the more you've lost all chance to get them back and change their mind, because it's a deliberate course of decision for them, and they won't change their mind.