I am not sure how different things would've been with a little advanced warning. An evacuation of the surrounding area immediately following, for instance. Planting some of our vehicles there ahead of time.
It isn't the small things we would have been able to do, it's the utter lack of
I need you to tell me these things. I need you to pretend just a little that we are working together, and that you might respect me - I don't presume to give you orders, or lead you, but this is dysfunctional at best. We cannot win this by being reactionary, and the thought that I must now spend valuable time and energy reacting to something done by our own - are you one of our own? Is utterly maddening.
You need to talk, or at the very least, tell Poppy to pass things along to me. And believe me, I'll be having words with her too.
This is a coup, no mistake, and I will take this asset and be grateful for it. It is likewise good to see your words writ large. But this is not the sort of thing you win alone, and I will not be dragged along blindly.
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It isn't the small things we would have been able to do, it's the utter lack of
I need you to tell me these things. I need you to pretend just a little that we are working together, and that you might respect me - I don't presume to give you orders, or lead you, but this is dysfunctional at best. We cannot win this by being reactionary, and the thought that I must now spend valuable time and energy reacting to something done by our own - are you one of our own? Is utterly maddening.
You need to talk, or at the very least, tell Poppy to pass things along to me. And believe me, I'll be having words with her too.
This is a coup, no mistake, and I will take this asset and be grateful for it. It is likewise good to see your words writ large. But this is not the sort of thing you win alone, and I will not be dragged along blindly.