[As much as he's not here to get himself ordered around by an actual child, he can't find much to argue about in the straightforward approach yet, so he's just going to let it pass without comment, snapping off the map display so they can get moving with better purpose.]
What, you don't think ol'Nik woke up one day and decided retirement didn't suit him as much as biological warfare?
[From the irony in his voice his opinion's pretty clear—the odds that a scientist with no prior indications of radical activity decided to toss a biobomb into Leith on his lonesome aren't convincing.
A little late, he cants his head back to look at Damian narrowly for a while before offering a loose shrug and a slightly more sincere opinion.]
I think an easy scapegoat sounds more likely than a sloppy rebellion.
[The Resistance acts in their own interests like any other faction, but they've hardly been stupid about it. That's how they've survived so far. This mess doesn't really track. But they're an easy target—and the attack has only given the Nine the chance to claim the moral high ground in return.]
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What, you don't think ol'Nik woke up one day and decided retirement didn't suit him as much as biological warfare?
[From the irony in his voice his opinion's pretty clear—the odds that a scientist with no prior indications of radical activity decided to toss a biobomb into Leith on his lonesome aren't convincing.
A little late, he cants his head back to look at Damian narrowly for a while before offering a loose shrug and a slightly more sincere opinion.]
I think an easy scapegoat sounds more likely than a sloppy rebellion.
[The Resistance acts in their own interests like any other faction, but they've hardly been stupid about it. That's how they've survived so far. This mess doesn't really track. But they're an easy target—and the attack has only given the Nine the chance to claim the moral high ground in return.]