It's not as if the response is a surprise, per se. Harvesting the worst parts of others, their cruelty and selfishness and cowardice...that was Giegue's way. It was how he was gaining power and paving the road for his invasion back in Eagleland, it made sense he'd try it here.
If Pokey's lucky, there'll be parts of Giegue's plan that he can exploit. That he can help keep from getting too bad, chances he'll have to inform others of what's going on and how to tread. Cheating Giegue immediately would be a terrible idea; if he wants any chance of this working, he'll have to give Giegue some room. Help carry out what he wants at least some of the way, making it look like more is being carried out then there is.
That's still luck based. Giegue might have something Pokey can't have any chance of intervening against covertly, let alone not just going to others to warn them. And he's trying not to. He's trying hard not to.
Because one of the lessons that Mayfield had taught him was, in the end, when it came down to things that were important? To who a person could be, or who could be saved or redeemed or good?
Who was he to judge someone.
Those thoughts race through Pokey's head as he smirks cruelly, placing his hands behind his head as he lays against one of the walls of his fort.]
Shouldn't be too hard. There's a lot of small businesses here, most of them local and most of them catering to pretty specific things so there isn't too much direct competition. Still, I don't think it'd be too hard to find some way to start arguments between them, get a little actual capitalism going on.
[Keeping up who he's supposed to be in Giegue's eyes isn't as hard as Pokey thought it might be.
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It's not as if the response is a surprise, per se. Harvesting the worst parts of others, their cruelty and selfishness and cowardice...that was Giegue's way. It was how he was gaining power and paving the road for his invasion back in Eagleland, it made sense he'd try it here.
If Pokey's lucky, there'll be parts of Giegue's plan that he can exploit. That he can help keep from getting too bad, chances he'll have to inform others of what's going on and how to tread. Cheating Giegue immediately would be a terrible idea; if he wants any chance of this working, he'll have to give Giegue some room. Help carry out what he wants at least some of the way, making it look like more is being carried out then there is.
That's still luck based. Giegue might have something Pokey can't have any chance of intervening against covertly, let alone not just going to others to warn them. And he's trying not to. He's trying hard not to.
Because one of the lessons that Mayfield had taught him was, in the end, when it came down to things that were important? To who a person could be, or who could be saved or redeemed or good?
Who was he to judge someone.
Those thoughts race through Pokey's head as he smirks cruelly, placing his hands behind his head as he lays against one of the walls of his fort.]
Shouldn't be too hard. There's a lot of small businesses here, most of them local and most of them catering to pretty specific things so there isn't too much direct competition. Still, I don't think it'd be too hard to find some way to start arguments between them, get a little actual capitalism going on.
[Keeping up who he's supposed to be in Giegue's eyes isn't as hard as Pokey thought it might be.
Deep down, that worries him, at least a little.]