08-22-2013, 04:23 PM
Aria's arrival on the scene was timely. Maybe Rune would be more prone to listen to one of her own kind. He wasn't sure what they meant by 'Furia'...was it an Atharim term for female hunters? He'd encountered female Atharim in the past, and the term had never come up. Something else maybe? Some sort of 'lone wolf' designation? Whatever the case, Rune backed down.
Or curled up, was maybe a better way to put it. The kid was offended. Hurt, on the defensive. He sighed tiredly and sat down again, letting Aria deliver her speech, and for Rune to find her footing again. He'd wager their higher ups would think that to be a dangerous thought. What if these monsters could be fixed, redeemed, and saved? Hell, what if it turned out to be easy to do? That would raise some nasty questions and doubts. And organizations like the Atharim, even though their heart was in the right place, did not do well when questioned.
"Then maybe you should learn how things work over here. See what's different, why it's different. The Atharim this side of the pond are good at the whole team-work thing, but they're stuck in their ways. Present company excluded."
He offered Aria a nod.
"That idiot you ran into down there. He made it all the way into the Baccarat. Down the elevator to boot. He got inside, and out again. Took a few days to hunt the idiot down, then I got to train a team to keep an eye on him. They lost him the same day I went hands-off of the operation. Not only could they not watch him, they didn't even realize he was grabbed by these idiots."
He jerked a thumb at the grumbling, still unconscious, Rougarou. "These guys don't like to think outside the box. You do, but you can't wrap your brain around the teamwork thing. Pros and cons to both. This day and age, you need teamwork."
"We did a snatch-and-grab of the head of a major drug cartel in Brazil a few years back. The guy is a monster. Pedophilia, sex trade, murder, extortion, yaddiyaddiyaddi. Scum of the earth. But they wanted him alive, to learn what he knew. To find out how his organization worked when seen from the top down. And holy fuck did we want to just leave his corpse in the jungle.
"I see where you're coming from. But it ain't all black and white. Ah hell but I wish it was. But it's not. You ain't wrong wanting to kill this thing. And she ain't wrong wanting to keep it alive. Pros and cons. What's it know? What can you learn? Who can it help? Is it worth the risk? Actions have consequences. Now what the hell is a Furia?"
He glanced at the two women, waiting on one to answer him. And for Rune to either flip the bird and stalk off or to loosen up a bit. There was no need to be so bloody confrontational. Hell, that was his job.
Or curled up, was maybe a better way to put it. The kid was offended. Hurt, on the defensive. He sighed tiredly and sat down again, letting Aria deliver her speech, and for Rune to find her footing again. He'd wager their higher ups would think that to be a dangerous thought. What if these monsters could be fixed, redeemed, and saved? Hell, what if it turned out to be easy to do? That would raise some nasty questions and doubts. And organizations like the Atharim, even though their heart was in the right place, did not do well when questioned.
"Then maybe you should learn how things work over here. See what's different, why it's different. The Atharim this side of the pond are good at the whole team-work thing, but they're stuck in their ways. Present company excluded."
He offered Aria a nod.
"That idiot you ran into down there. He made it all the way into the Baccarat. Down the elevator to boot. He got inside, and out again. Took a few days to hunt the idiot down, then I got to train a team to keep an eye on him. They lost him the same day I went hands-off of the operation. Not only could they not watch him, they didn't even realize he was grabbed by these idiots."
He jerked a thumb at the grumbling, still unconscious, Rougarou. "These guys don't like to think outside the box. You do, but you can't wrap your brain around the teamwork thing. Pros and cons to both. This day and age, you need teamwork."
"We did a snatch-and-grab of the head of a major drug cartel in Brazil a few years back. The guy is a monster. Pedophilia, sex trade, murder, extortion, yaddiyaddiyaddi. Scum of the earth. But they wanted him alive, to learn what he knew. To find out how his organization worked when seen from the top down. And holy fuck did we want to just leave his corpse in the jungle.
"I see where you're coming from. But it ain't all black and white. Ah hell but I wish it was. But it's not. You ain't wrong wanting to kill this thing. And she ain't wrong wanting to keep it alive. Pros and cons. What's it know? What can you learn? Who can it help? Is it worth the risk? Actions have consequences. Now what the hell is a Furia?"
He glanced at the two women, waiting on one to answer him. And for Rune to either flip the bird and stalk off or to loosen up a bit. There was no need to be so bloody confrontational. Hell, that was his job.