[ Amos doesn't flinch at Nero's hand hitting the table. Guy certainly moves around a lot more than he does. Significantly more expressive, too. Bad people come in all different shapes and sizes and mannerisms, don't they.
Kind of starts to lose him at the political talk, though. Strategy on a global scale is not his strong suit at all. He has no clue what Nero is laughing about; kind of figures this is gonna be a theme between the two of them, huh. ]
Maybe they really just want nothing to do with it.
[ That's what Amos had first assumed, anyway, going off of... a total stranger's one-line description. Which, in hindsight, might have been a stupid thing to do. He frowns. This is really just like turf wars in Baltimore, extrapolated to an entire world, isn't it? None of them were truly neutral. If one group got weak, another one would move in to finish them off.
Doesn't want Solvunn to be like that. This is a place that actually cares about its people, which is so novel for him, but... might be time to let go of the fantasy, that anywhere could be good, that anywhere would care enough to not move in and kill a limping beast. He sees the logic in it. Can't decide if it's better or worse, to let Nero remind him of the way the world actually works, not let him get too comfortable in an idealistic fantasy that could never come to pass.
His expression reverts to something empty when Nero answers his question, though. Yeah. Amos knows exactly the kind of person he is. Can't quite figure out some of his motivations, but actions are more important, and he's made it quite clear the kind of steps he's willing to take — with a smile on his face and laughing all the way, apparently.
But he's lost on the logic again. ]
Staying alive's more important than sacrificing your conscience or whatever. [ Or whatever, because he's someone who doesn't even have a conscience. The concept clearly means nothing to him. ] People staying alive is measurable. Consciences? Can't do anything with those. So the joke might be on you — you're still helping people. Still doing a good thing for them. That's the only part that actually matters.
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Kind of starts to lose him at the political talk, though. Strategy on a global scale is not his strong suit at all. He has no clue what Nero is laughing about; kind of figures this is gonna be a theme between the two of them, huh. ]
Maybe they really just want nothing to do with it.
[ That's what Amos had first assumed, anyway, going off of... a total stranger's one-line description. Which, in hindsight, might have been a stupid thing to do. He frowns. This is really just like turf wars in Baltimore, extrapolated to an entire world, isn't it? None of them were truly neutral. If one group got weak, another one would move in to finish them off.
Doesn't want Solvunn to be like that. This is a place that actually cares about its people, which is so novel for him, but... might be time to let go of the fantasy, that anywhere could be good, that anywhere would care enough to not move in and kill a limping beast. He sees the logic in it. Can't decide if it's better or worse, to let Nero remind him of the way the world actually works, not let him get too comfortable in an idealistic fantasy that could never come to pass.
His expression reverts to something empty when Nero answers his question, though. Yeah. Amos knows exactly the kind of person he is. Can't quite figure out some of his motivations, but actions are more important, and he's made it quite clear the kind of steps he's willing to take — with a smile on his face and laughing all the way, apparently.
But he's lost on the logic again. ]
Staying alive's more important than sacrificing your conscience or whatever. [ Or whatever, because he's someone who doesn't even have a conscience. The concept clearly means nothing to him. ] People staying alive is measurable. Consciences? Can't do anything with those. So the joke might be on you — you're still helping people. Still doing a good thing for them. That's the only part that actually matters.