[ Tseng goes quiet. The issue is this x-factor, the sorceress. Much like Rufus purported that he would in the beginning, she rules by fear. There is no patriotism uniting her forces, no ideals, no ethical impetus. It is survivalism and that alone keeping her in power.
They have no idea the extent of that power. To put Rufus in her crosshairs is... And he's only just recovered... This is the first time in so long that Tseng has seen him so alive.
His fists clench around the steering wheel, audibly. Rufus is correct; there is nothing much that they can do now that he has already set all of this in motion. But that does not mean that he still can't be angry about it, even if his anger is just quiet and solemn and still. ]
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[ Tseng goes quiet. The issue is this x-factor, the sorceress. Much like Rufus purported that he would in the beginning, she rules by fear. There is no patriotism uniting her forces, no ideals, no ethical impetus. It is survivalism and that alone keeping her in power.
They have no idea the extent of that power. To put Rufus in her crosshairs is... And he's only just recovered... This is the first time in so long that Tseng has seen him so alive.
His fists clench around the steering wheel, audibly. Rufus is correct; there is nothing much that they can do now that he has already set all of this in motion. But that does not mean that he still can't be angry about it, even if his anger is just quiet and solemn and still. ]