[His word choice is subtle but conspicuous: because there was a time when Tseng and his Turks weren't a part of Rufus's schemes, but they are now, and to be his now is as good as to be with him always. His plans are their plans, and this one is no exception.]
And it'll keep eyes on me, while you shepherd the benefits.
[He pauses, seeming to resurface from the depths of his preoccupation, and fixes Tseng with a slow, thoughtful look. Back home, this is a question he would never need to ask, but with things ever so slightly unbalanced between them —]
[ it's not completely strange, that rufus would ask for tseng's input on a plan. they've been doing this for years, going back and forth on the finer details and the finicky dependencies of any idea that rufus starts to formulate.
but there's something different about it, this time. something that feels less like an employer asking his subordinate's input on a work task, and more like—like...
not a friend, certainly, but something that might be twice removed from it. one person asking another. it sets tseng on the back foot, makes him pause briefly before he can gather himself enough to answer the question. ]
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[His word choice is subtle but conspicuous: because there was a time when Tseng and his Turks weren't a part of Rufus's schemes, but they are now, and to be his now is as good as to be with him always. His plans are their plans, and this one is no exception.]
And it'll keep eyes on me, while you shepherd the benefits.
[He pauses, seeming to resurface from the depths of his preoccupation, and fixes Tseng with a slow, thoughtful look. Back home, this is a question he would never need to ask, but with things ever so slightly unbalanced between them —]
Objections?
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but there's something different about it, this time. something that feels less like an employer asking his subordinate's input on a work task, and more like—like...
not a friend, certainly, but something that might be twice removed from it. one person asking another. it sets tseng on the back foot, makes him pause briefly before he can gather himself enough to answer the question. ]
None, sir.