[ Amos seems to go on autopilot, once they introduce themselves and shake on it. Reigen lets the first of the Atirat kids eat without looming over them, concerned they might take it as a threat to themselves or their food, and instead - he follows Amos back to the stock pot full of stew. There's plenty of it, though he'll inevitably have to make more once the rest of the Atirat are brought back into the world. He really does hope they all survive. At least the kids, if he has to be judicial about these things -- and oh, he can. He can be so very practical in the same way that he can be so deeply giving of his time and efforts.
And Amos has gentled, which is surprising. Not unwanted, but surprising. He'd come in like a drill sergeant, all demands and expectations, and now he's willingly doling out stew like he doesn't know what to do with his hands. This whole situation must be affecting him, in some way. He must like kids, is what Reigen has to settle on. If it's not that he likes kids, it's that he feels responsible for dependents -- maybe he led in the army, he concludes. Some sort of military group, where he was in charge of keeping others safe.
It's in his voice and attitude. ]
You're right, Amos.
[ And actually, he is. Even to Reigen, who will burn himself on this mission because he needs to test a theory and why not now? Why wait? Amos is right, though. Just like Reigen would later tell Silco -- he's not doing this wholly because it's the right and shiny thing to do. It gets them something, but people can get something out of others without being assholes about it. It doesn't have to be cruelty that brings people together. ]
I'm not going to abandon them. I want to find a way to get them back to Highstorm, to let them make their own choices -- this world of theirs can't support them, not without our help. We can't provide that help if we don't have the means to.
[ He folds his hands together, steepling his fingers as he turns his gaze up -- away from the man before him. ]
I just can't think only of the future, if it means abandoning people in the here-and-now. It's not cost-effective, it's just the decent thing to do. That's all you wanna' do, I'm guess -- good things, even if you have to be harsh while doing them. You came in here with the intent to stop me, I'm guessing and now you're... getting more food ready for the next kid. I think you know what's decent.
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And Amos has gentled, which is surprising. Not unwanted, but surprising. He'd come in like a drill sergeant, all demands and expectations, and now he's willingly doling out stew like he doesn't know what to do with his hands. This whole situation must be affecting him, in some way. He must like kids, is what Reigen has to settle on. If it's not that he likes kids, it's that he feels responsible for dependents -- maybe he led in the army, he concludes. Some sort of military group, where he was in charge of keeping others safe.
It's in his voice and attitude. ]
You're right, Amos.
[ And actually, he is. Even to Reigen, who will burn himself on this mission because he needs to test a theory and why not now? Why wait? Amos is right, though. Just like Reigen would later tell Silco -- he's not doing this wholly because it's the right and shiny thing to do. It gets them something, but people can get something out of others without being assholes about it. It doesn't have to be cruelty that brings people together. ]
I'm not going to abandon them. I want to find a way to get them back to Highstorm, to let them make their own choices -- this world of theirs can't support them, not without our help. We can't provide that help if we don't have the means to.
[ He folds his hands together, steepling his fingers as he turns his gaze up -- away from the man before him. ]
I just can't think only of the future, if it means abandoning people in the here-and-now. It's not cost-effective, it's just the decent thing to do. That's all you wanna' do, I'm guess -- good things, even if you have to be harsh while doing them. You came in here with the intent to stop me, I'm guessing and now you're... getting more food ready for the next kid. I think you know what's decent.