[He... might... but tbh Shouxue is like one of the most responsible people around so he's not too terribly worried about her compared to SOME PEOPLE.]
We may not need to. If the heart and the brain are our targets, we might be able to take it down without throwing ourselves at its exterior. [He sighs, looking up at the sky.] But if they aren't, or the firepower we have isn't strong enough... then we'll have big problems on our hands.
[Shakes hand in being powerful people out of their comfort zone]
If we had more time, we could draw up contingency plans, and put emergency teams together. [For central command, assigned escapees in case it all goes south--so many things they can't prepare for, which he doesn't like.] We'll just have to put a lot of trust in each other.
No. [...Realizes that might sound rude. Amends--] A lot of people here don't have the training or experience for this kind of thing. They've all rallied together really well over the weeks, but that's very different from an organized attack effort. I wouldn't blame them for panicking, or making mistakes.
[But it does make it hard, knowing that they can't send the civilians away because they quite simply can't spare the manpower.]
I don't trust everyone either. It doesn't have anything to do with training.
[ she'll be rude about it. it's not that she thinks everyone is bad or terrible or anything, and liking people has nothing to do with trusting them, but she does think enough of them are self-serving in their own kind of way. ]
I am sure I'll make mistakes, but I think even if our objectives are the same, our priorities are not.
[If they were his colleagues, he wouldn't be... but he dedicated his life to taking down criminals in the shadows so that normal people wouldn't have to, so this whole thing is very frustrating for him.
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We may not need to. If the heart and the brain are our targets, we might be able to take it down without throwing ourselves at its exterior. [He sighs, looking up at the sky.] But if they aren't, or the firepower we have isn't strong enough... then we'll have big problems on our hands.
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We may not have to, if those are our objectives, but even if it's something that must die, it feels odd... to not know it in its entirety.
[ to not see what you're trying to kill. ]
We'll have to concentrate our firepower where its weakest if we have a limited resource.
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[And that's typically just... relatively normal people? Powerful ones sometimes, sure, but. Nothing on this scale.]
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[ when you're high ranking and the emperor says you can do as you please 95% of the time. ]
It's a little... [ scary isn't the right word even if she is scared for everyone. ] It makes me anxious.
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If we had more time, we could draw up contingency plans, and put emergency teams together. [For central command, assigned escapees in case it all goes south--so many things they can't prepare for, which he doesn't like.] We'll just have to put a lot of trust in each other.
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Do you trust everyone?
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[But it does make it hard, knowing that they can't send the civilians away because they quite simply can't spare the manpower.]
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I don't trust everyone either. It doesn't have anything to do with training.
[ she'll be rude about it. it's not that she thinks everyone is bad or terrible or anything, and liking people has nothing to do with trusting them, but she does think enough of them are self-serving in their own kind of way. ]
I am sure I'll make mistakes, but I think even if our objectives are the same, our priorities are not.
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He tilts his head slightly, looking at her.]
Who are you most concerned about?
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[ even if they were well-meaning, she thinks they have much to improve. ]
I believe I have shown my unhappiness towards their behavior when stressed.
[ i'm very sorry that she has no trust in nodd or bradley. ]