I trust that you're right. I certainly want you to be.
FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
It's why days like today don't matter. I can't be caught up in one punishment. I have to think of the future. There's worse things they could do to me than today, and they know it.
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You will find one. Of that, I am sure.
FROM: brooksjr.barnaby@cdc.org
Between your intelligence and the CDC's assistance, it should not be difficult for you.
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I trust that you're right. I certainly want you to be.
FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org
It's why days like today don't matter. I can't be caught up in one punishment. I have to think of the future. There's worse things they could do to me than today, and they know it.
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Not only your future here, but your future back at home as well.
FROM: brooksjr.barnaby@cdc.org
Our situation isn't ideal, but as we always have, we must continue to make the best of it that we can.
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That’s the future I mean. I don’t mind if they hurt me. I can still be King if I have scars.
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I wish that more people in charge had your kind of attitude.
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Are you talking about your colleagues or your government?
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A little of both.
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Well. My world lacks much of the latter, too. It’s more than pride that makes me want to be king.
[ …though, pride is still a factor. He has enough self-knowledge to recognise that. He just doesn’t see it as a negative. ]
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Pride in the right dose isn't a bad thing. Unless it turns into arrogance.
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Which, of course, I have never been accused of.
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I certainly wouldn't consider you to be an arrogant person.
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Are you humouring me, Barnaby?
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You should know better than most my tendency to be irritatingly honest.
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Thank you, in that case. I can't say I'm at my best today, but I appreciate the call. Just as I'll appreciate the distraction, when Wesley gets back.
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I'll be there. Until then, Nikolai.