[ His pause is weighty, charged with the atmosphere of a scholastic mind, but not quite as cold as it should be. Lavi turns her words over like rough gems in his head, tumbling over and over until they're polished into a smooth stone.
It's partly habit, to absorb information like this in the context of history. What isn't habit, drawing a small furrow between his brows, is thinking of the same information in the scale of individuals.
Finally, hands drawing away to form a lattice for his chin, he nods in understanding. There's a picture being assembled in his mind, and it's an ugly, paranoid hue, but he keeps the darker thoughts to himself. Tries to think through her frame rather his. ]
Most of them would've just followed suit. Herd mentality. A lot of damage and not a lot of thinking.
[ Quickly, so she doesn't get the wrong impression-- ]
Not that they don't have a reason to feel like that.. but there's a lot of people biting off more than they can chew. Somethin' has to give, and it's not gonna be Company forces.
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It's partly habit, to absorb information like this in the context of history. What isn't habit, drawing a small furrow between his brows, is thinking of the same information in the scale of individuals.
Finally, hands drawing away to form a lattice for his chin, he nods in understanding. There's a picture being assembled in his mind, and it's an ugly, paranoid hue, but he keeps the darker thoughts to himself. Tries to think through her frame rather his. ]
Most of them would've just followed suit. Herd mentality. A lot of damage and not a lot of thinking.
[ Quickly, so she doesn't get the wrong impression-- ]
Not that they don't have a reason to feel like that.. but there's a lot of people biting off more than they can chew. Somethin' has to give, and it's not gonna be Company forces.