I was just thinking, that you and I have something in common, is all.
[ amused!!! ]
A few months ago, I was nearly blown to pieces in a battle. Survived it, [ childe was exactly right he is a fucking cockroach ] but my troops were nowhere near out of the woods when I regained consciousness. I asked my doctor to strap me into my armor so I could go back out into the field and command them - I knew it would stabilize my broken bones enough that I could carry on.
[ gu yun pulls a face. ] When I refused to leave once things had settled -- there were still directions to be given and movement plans to be made -- my second in command put some sort of chemical concoction on a cloth over my mouth and nose so I fell unconscious. I woke up in bed.
[ he literally had to be chloroformed into not working ]
I agree with you. I was fine, it wasn't as if I was directly challenging Barbarians, just reminding them that I existed and they had better watch their back. I wasn't going to leave my men stranded without a commander.
Completely disrespectful. [they sound mildly scandalized? they would hate that. so much.]
I suppose it's their way of showing they "care" or what have you. But I don't see what's so wrong about continuing to work when there's clearly still work to be done.
[ finally someone who gets it!!!! i hope wrath appears out of the ether and smacks them both upside the head. ]
Exactly. I'm careful. It's not like I was going to get blown up again. If my body is still capable, then I should be completing my duty. And if it's not capable, then I'll find a way to make it capable. It isn't that difficult.
It truly isn't. There are ways to learn how to work around set-backs. It's when you don't even attempt to utilize those that you fail yourself and those around you.
[ something crosses his face that's just a little more serious, at that, as he glances up at the faint pinpricks of the planetarium's ceiling, stars he can barely see. ]
...Agreed. [ setbacks - that's something he's worked around his entire life. ] I've never let anything slow me down, and I won't now. I didn't become the Marquis of Order by sitting on my laurels.
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...what?
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[ amused!!! ]
A few months ago, I was nearly blown to pieces in a battle. Survived it, [ childe was exactly right he is a fucking cockroach ] but my troops were nowhere near out of the woods when I regained consciousness. I asked my doctor to strap me into my armor so I could go back out into the field and command them - I knew it would stabilize my broken bones enough that I could carry on.
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If you have a means of continuing, then there's no excuses. [yeah they're similar enough about that regard, gross.]
I suppose once your troops noticed they also overreacted?
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[ he literally had to be chloroformed into not working ]
I agree with you. I was fine, it wasn't as if I was directly challenging Barbarians, just reminding them that I existed and they had better watch their back. I wasn't going to leave my men stranded without a commander.
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I suppose it's their way of showing they "care" or what have you. But I don't see what's so wrong about continuing to work when there's clearly still work to be done.
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Exactly. I'm careful. It's not like I was going to get blown up again. If my body is still capable, then I should be completing my duty. And if it's not capable, then I'll find a way to make it capable. It isn't that difficult.
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It truly isn't. There are ways to learn how to work around set-backs. It's when you don't even attempt to utilize those that you fail yourself and those around you.
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...Agreed. [ setbacks - that's something he's worked around his entire life. ] I've never let anything slow me down, and I won't now. I didn't become the Marquis of Order by sitting on my laurels.
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["see this through to the end" seems to be the implication.]