forgivetheinsubordination | IC Contact

[Shame is that the sarcasm this time means the opposite of okay. But Kotetsu detected it! That's a first step!]

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

Is anyone in this mess actually okay? Seriously asking here, because I'd like to hear that someone is.

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

no. but everyones alive, sometimes thats enough for some

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

but that doesnt make any of this okay, and i know that.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

Low bar, when 'alive' is about all that can be said. But I understand. Been a long approximate year, hasn't it.

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

think after working for a year for this company, it forces you to keep that bar low.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

It does its best, doesn't it. Think we could use setting the bar higher, though. We've got a lot of people who know what to do on the field.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

Only problem is that if we get this group up to speed, as soon as we get another we'll be back where we started.

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

so maybe we can get this group to help out the new ones, once that happens. we'll have to keep up somehow.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

We need some sort of something. PKN7 isn't going to cut it. It'll turn out people who have general fitness and some field capability, but the hard things on this field are emotional. Moral. Internal.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

They need to know how to shoot, but they need to know how to deal with the shooting, too.

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

ambers idea was a step in the right direction. the only problem is, do people wanna learn how to deal with it? cant exactly force it on 'em if they arent interested.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

We can't. And there are some who won't learn. Who will refuse, because they wanna sit around and play civilian.

[Chidori. And it's entirely possible there are others.]

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

Really don't know what to do there, and we're all gonna regret that sooner or later. Amber had a good start. Think I made progress with the one I worked with. But there's gotta be a way to build on it.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

I'll think on it. See what I can come up with. Maybe some sort of simulation, when we get back to the ship, but that also takes willingness.

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

its not like i can really blame 'em if they dont wanna do it. i still dont want to but i know im gonna have to, if i still want to go back home.

[ is that even worth the price anymore? he doesn't know. there's a lot he could say but this isn't the time and place. ]

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

ill try to think of something too. two heads are always better than one, yeah?

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

until then they can trust me to help 'em out if they need it.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

I sympathize with them, but I'm not empathizing. We've lost a lot. Capable people, people who were novices, all of it. If everyone could hold their ground more, the number would be lower.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

We're watching their backs. Don't mind doing that. Personally find it pretty fulfilling. But if they watch their own backs a little too, makes our job a billion times more likely to succeed.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

Yeah, though. Two heads are better than one.

FROM: kaburagi.kotetsu@cdc.org

yeah, well. sometimes people cant afford to watch their own backs but thats why we're around.

i guess its never been about making the job easier for me. i just wanna be sure im doing enough.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

Not expecting it to ever be easy. I'd just like a higher success rate. Fewer losses.

FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org

Fewer inexplicable punishments out of nowhere.

[Because they followed their orders.]

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If only this had been after his Armada talk...

one of these days i'll get timing right lmf

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