[ He says that to be humble. In truth, while he does gain authority by virtue of his birth, he has full confidence in his skills; people have distrusted him at every turn and yet he has managed to lead, lie, and manipulate people into doing his bidding for the last few years. He's pretty certain he can handle some intervillage negotiations, though that remains to be fully seen. Maybe he overestimates his own abilities after all.
Fare more interesting than self-analysis, however, is analysis of the fellow in front of him. He doesn't speak like someone from the slums, though that preconception has long since been challenged at the Academy. He seems to carry himself as one of importance. Though Claude finds himself woefully lacking in dealing with the underbelly of any society, they must have a hierarchy of their own, he muses. ]
I doubt that you're of no importance. You're too used to this stuff for that to be the case. [ If you're not important enough, you don't make it into any negotiations, plain and simple. He frowns. ] What do you mean died in the slums?
[ Congratulations, Silco; you're the first dead man walking he's had the pleasure of meeting. ]
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[ He says that to be humble. In truth, while he does gain authority by virtue of his birth, he has full confidence in his skills; people have distrusted him at every turn and yet he has managed to lead, lie, and manipulate people into doing his bidding for the last few years. He's pretty certain he can handle some intervillage negotiations, though that remains to be fully seen. Maybe he overestimates his own abilities after all.
Fare more interesting than self-analysis, however, is analysis of the fellow in front of him. He doesn't speak like someone from the slums, though that preconception has long since been challenged at the Academy. He seems to carry himself as one of importance. Though Claude finds himself woefully lacking in dealing with the underbelly of any society, they must have a hierarchy of their own, he muses. ]
I doubt that you're of no importance. You're too used to this stuff for that to be the case. [ If you're not important enough, you don't make it into any negotiations, plain and simple. He frowns. ] What do you mean died in the slums?
[ Congratulations, Silco; you're the first dead man walking he's had the pleasure of meeting. ]