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"I ale Vik had net-sent hio when Yosef finally won the sied to rip open the life raft and kill Vik and Lyla because Snowden yanked me out"
"You weren’t about to win, Tom Do you knohat it’s called when soldiers kill their leader? It’s called ‘mutiny’"
"But Snoas a burden on us He was the ed "You’re in a hierarchical, top-down organization right now Do you really think the people at the top will approve a victory you won by killing so Lyla had said, about how he should’ve thrown himself in instead "So what if Snowden had beaten me to death to use as chum?"
"That’s a different matter" He must’ve picked up on Tom’s irritation, because he went on, "That’s si to run into the line of fire at so for Intrasolar Coet orders to direct us while we fight--we have to plan for ourselves I thought initiative was a good thing"
"Mutiny is never considered a good thing, Toree of initiative You have to respect authority"
"I respect authority," Tom insisted, and he did
General Marsh, for example Yeah, he knew General Marsh would leave him in the dust in a second if he decided To hirauyAlso, there was his father Neil wasn’t all that authoritative, but he was sort of looking out for him He respected that, even if he didn’t trust his dad to ment ever--his dad at least loved him and wanted the best for him Oh, and there was Olivia Ossare, ould definitely have his back, but he also didn’t fool hi her job Still, she’d saved hie debt, and he wouldn’t forget that
Those were three authority figures he basically respected right there More or less
Even Elliot, he could kind of respect souy who ed, "You need to change your approach and learn to show respect, whether or not you feel it Every aspect of your life froe want the sense that other people are subordinate to theoing to be interacting with potential sponsors,to have to show respect, whether or not you really feel it; and if you can’t, you’ll be in trouble If you can’t evento handle Friday?"
"I’ll handle Friday," Tom assured him
And he would Somehow He was sure of it
After all, he had to Those executives were his only shot at being a Combatant, his only shot at sponsorship for CamCo He couldn’t screw it up--he couldn’t afford to
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