ic contact for tlv

[friendsfordinner]

[ it literally is just the generic ic contact post, Hickey hasn't changed the outgoing message yet or anything. ]

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[friendsfordinner]

That assumes your allies will help you out to begin with. The only person a man can rely on in this world is himself.

[lone_horse]

Only if he never wants to be more than a body that survives.

[ Kiryu doesn’t even pause. ]

Self-reliance is important. But being able to let other people do what you can’t, or act where you shouldn’t, is a strength any person needs to truly succeed past that point. Especially a leader.

A leader who can’t think past his own survival leads nothing.

[friendsfordinner]

Back home, I had no other option than looking for my own survival. We were dying. I had to keep my men alive

[lone_horse]

And you’re not there anymore. You can’t keep looking back to that one example to apply to every situation.

Especially when what got you there in that situation is the very thinking you’re speaking for now.

[friendsfordinner]

[ Hickey's still very tense, giving Kiryu a frown as he listens. He doesn't say what's in his mind: he doesn't have any other examples to look to. Instead, he glowers a bit. ]

Well when I find any allies I feel comfortable sharing my weakness with, I'll let you know.

[lone_horse]

You don't have to tell me.

[ And there's not a hitch of an insult there. If Hickey thought he was scoring a hit, not so much. And he can't tell him where to look. He has to find that himself. ]

It's for you, not for me.

[friendsfordinner]

[ Hickey, who was hoping for a hit, glowers a bit more. ]

Anything else you want to say?

[lone_horse]

If you feel like you need to hit something, come to me.

We'll go to the Enclosure. And we'll work it out.

[ Then he shakes his head. ]

I didn't have anything else. Did you have anything for me?

[friendsfordinner]

Nah, [ he says, with a shake of his own head. ] On your way, Warden.

[lone_horse]

Kiryu.

[ His tone is firm.

But that’s all he says as he gets up and grabs his flask from the floor.]

See you at work.