I would. People are idiots when it comes to power, that much is universal and, sadly, eternal. I do not think it will ever change.
Do you?
[He'd run from it- if not the work but all that came with it. The details of having to live with the threat of assassination, the obligatory paranoia. He wants to better the lives of those he leads, that's certain enough. But the entirety of it?]
[He'd run from it- if not the work but all that came with it. The details of having to live with the threat of assassination, the obligatory paranoia. He wants to better the lives of those he leads, that's certain enough. But the entirety of it?]
...You've more than time enough, here, to think on it.
Then that is what you should be. No one here will hold it against you and other than Ivan you are beholden to no one.
It's not something that will change overnight. A lifetime of habits and methods of thought don't vanish easily.
The one that suggested the drinking? Do not worry about it.
Were I in his shoes I would have reacted in much the same way. I can't think ill of him for it. If Anything I'm impressed.
Most don't. [She shrugs.] And yet sometimes it still comes to pass. It isn't something I'm overly worried about.
I do. Honestly after that I wouldn't have wished to stay much longer, if at all. It's not exactly conductive to a celebratory mood.
It is. I don't have much experience with militaristic societies or a hierarchy such as this, nor do I have any relative situations to compare it to.
I'll do what I can to keep that from being an issue in the future. Even when one isn't in your situation it's difficult enough.
There is a time for eloquence and a time to be blunt. The trick is to know when to change over in one's language. Or to simply not give a shit.
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