"It doesn't work like that. He's pretty rightfully pissed that we ambushed him like this, and the subject of Shido's always been a complicated one. All we can do is give him space. He's Goro Akechi, you think he's gonna pick up what we're trying to tell him the first time through?"
In spite of everything that had gone wrong today, she smiled. "I suppose that's true. Bull-headedness does run in the breed."
The Goetia snorted, but turned to the others. "While we're at it. Crow, you okay? You were carrying that battle, pretty much on your back. This whole operation was... kind of a clusterfuck. But everyone walked away and we accomplished our goal against a superior enemy with... a lot of shit we did not come prepped for. Who the hell made Call of Chaos a goddamn AoE, I call bullshit."
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Renée frowned, still staring at the space where he'd been just moments ago. "I don't understand. I thought he'd be... happy?"
"It doesn't work like that. He's pretty rightfully pissed that we ambushed him like this, and the subject of Shido's always been a complicated one. All we can do is give him space. He's Goro Akechi, you think he's gonna pick up what we're trying to tell him the first time through?"
In spite of everything that had gone wrong today, she smiled. "I suppose that's true. Bull-headedness does run in the breed."
The Goetia snorted, but turned to the others. "While we're at it. Crow, you okay? You were carrying that battle, pretty much on your back. This whole operation was... kind of a clusterfuck. But everyone walked away and we accomplished our goal against a superior enemy with... a lot of shit we did not come prepped for. Who the hell made Call of Chaos a goddamn AoE, I call bullshit."