Half of this is too oblique to be helpful, Carver knows, but he's stuck on how to explain something he barely understands himself. The only thing he can think to do is speak confidently, to give the orders that Bossie can accept and understand, and pray the fallout isn't too brutal.
You have to start somewhere, right?
He walks. Bossie follows. Of course he does.
"A lot of the time we have to work with strangers - civilians," he adds, softer. "And I don't want to but what I want doesn't matter. That's the mission. We have to protect our people and if this is how we do it, then we adapt. It's that simple."
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Half of this is too oblique to be helpful, Carver knows, but he's stuck on how to explain something he barely understands himself. The only thing he can think to do is speak confidently, to give the orders that Bossie can accept and understand, and pray the fallout isn't too brutal.
You have to start somewhere, right?
He walks. Bossie follows. Of course he does.
"A lot of the time we have to work with strangers - civilians," he adds, softer. "And I don't want to but what I want doesn't matter. That's the mission. We have to protect our people and if this is how we do it, then we adapt. It's that simple."