From Keith's perspective, it sounded like an excuse to be angry and give up on the spot. He might be terrible at consolation and reassurance, but he was darn good at managing to be pushy and jerk-like at exactly the right moments. Jaw clenched, he looked at her as if she was crazy.
"Are you even listening to yourself?" he snapped quickly. Keith at least didn't feel like he had to struggle for the right words. "We aren't ALASTAIR. Our orders from them don't mean anything if it's getting more people hurt. I'm willing to bet that more than a few people on our team of people here won't like what their bosses did. If they try to stop us from cleaning up their mess, then really, it says a lot about them. But we can't just quit because we're afraid of that."
Keith had a belief that no matter what, people had to keep pushing forward. It was hard. As someone who dropped out of school and lost his direction in life, he knew that first hand.
But he hated people giving up. He hated people just ... stopping. He thought the situation was bad, but doing something wasn't out of the question. Not yet.
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"Are you even listening to yourself?" he snapped quickly. Keith at least didn't feel like he had to struggle for the right words. "We aren't ALASTAIR. Our orders from them don't mean anything if it's getting more people hurt. I'm willing to bet that more than a few people on our team of people here won't like what their bosses did. If they try to stop us from cleaning up their mess, then really, it says a lot about them. But we can't just quit because we're afraid of that."
Keith had a belief that no matter what, people had to keep pushing forward. It was hard. As someone who dropped out of school and lost his direction in life, he knew that first hand.
But he hated people giving up. He hated people just ... stopping. He thought the situation was bad, but doing something wasn't out of the question. Not yet.