[Shrugs.] And maybe she wasn't. But letting off steam while she can is a good thing, eh?
[A small sigh.] You've lived long enough to look at the big picture, but when it comes to companions, you're still thinking individually.
A weak link in a chain can be broken, but we're not a chain, yoi. We're pirates. We fight together, if need be: back to back. Sometimes it's hard for people to see the forest through all the trees, but that's how we have to be. If a wolf appears injured, another pack might try to move in, aye, but that just makes it so the rest of the first pack's job is to make sure they'd regret it.
[Waves a hand.] I speak in metaphors, but the point is, it's okay if outsider idiots mistake her as a rash, emotionally wounded hotheaded moron. It's not okay for the rest of the crew to think that's really the case. More, even if it was the case, it'd be our job to fill the in the wounded gap. If other pirates see you questioning her judgement, they'll seize upon a weakness even where there might be none, and then they'll find one.
Sometimes you have to let hotheads rush forward, and the only thing you can do is back them up every step of the way. That's how I had to handle Ace, that's how my Pops handled Ace and Little Oars Jr., and that's how this crew's gotta be.
Selphie doubts herself more than she should, but I'll never let her burn out. If you're going to question her judgement, that's all right, you're a pirate, I'd be more worried if you didn't, but don't do it where it can bring trouble. And make sure you give her the benefit of the doubt. She might come across as a ditzy party girl to outsiders, but she's far more than that. She's as strong as a lion, but not too many see it through all her sunshine.
I don't want her to project some composed image of someone who isn't affected by things. She's got something good working for her, and I'm going to use it. Your job will be to make sure that even when she gets hurt from it that she'll be strong enough to get back up and keep charging, eh? Otherwise, the vultures will circle. [Makes a circling motion with his finger and gestures up above to the sky.]
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[A small sigh.] You've lived long enough to look at the big picture, but when it comes to companions, you're still thinking individually.
A weak link in a chain can be broken, but we're not a chain, yoi. We're pirates. We fight together, if need be: back to back. Sometimes it's hard for people to see the forest through all the trees, but that's how we have to be. If a wolf appears injured, another pack might try to move in, aye, but that just makes it so the rest of the first pack's job is to make sure they'd regret it.
[Waves a hand.] I speak in metaphors, but the point is, it's okay if outsider idiots mistake her as a rash, emotionally wounded hotheaded moron. It's not okay for the rest of the crew to think that's really the case. More, even if it was the case, it'd be our job to fill the in the wounded gap. If other pirates see you questioning her judgement, they'll seize upon a weakness even where there might be none, and then they'll find one.
Sometimes you have to let hotheads rush forward, and the only thing you can do is back them up every step of the way. That's how I had to handle Ace, that's how my Pops handled Ace and Little Oars Jr., and that's how this crew's gotta be.
Selphie doubts herself more than she should, but I'll never let her burn out. If you're going to question her judgement, that's all right, you're a pirate, I'd be more worried if you didn't, but don't do it where it can bring trouble. And make sure you give her the benefit of the doubt. She might come across as a ditzy party girl to outsiders, but she's far more than that. She's as strong as a lion, but not too many see it through all her sunshine.
I don't want her to project some composed image of someone who isn't affected by things. She's got something good working for her, and I'm going to use it. Your job will be to make sure that even when she gets hurt from it that she'll be strong enough to get back up and keep charging, eh? Otherwise, the vultures will circle. [Makes a circling motion with his finger and gestures up above to the sky.]