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« Feb 16, 2016 14:22:33 GMT -6 »
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She gave him a solid nod, clenching one fist by her hip.

"You got it, Amtrum."

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« Feb 16, 2016 14:47:04 GMT -6 »
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"Good."

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« Feb 16, 2016 15:17:28 GMT -6 »
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She gave him her usual two finger salute, then turned around to leave his office.

At the door, she stopped for just a moment, then looked over her shoulder.

"I'm glad you made it back."

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« Feb 16, 2016 18:43:54 GMT -6 »
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Some time after the session with Aaron, however long it took to heal him up and for him to walk back, Mat gets another knock on the door!

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« Feb 16, 2016 18:45:51 GMT -6 »
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"Enter."

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« Feb 16, 2016 18:47:13 GMT -6 »
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Aaron walks inside with a slight limp!

He looks much more ready for ambushes this time.

"I told you I'd be back once they fixed me up, sir."


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« Feb 16, 2016 18:48:05 GMT -6 »
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"Okay. You still died."

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« Feb 16, 2016 18:49:32 GMT -6 »
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"I won't in Europe."

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« Feb 16, 2016 18:52:39 GMT -6 »
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"Of course not."

He looked up at Aaron.

"According to your file you've been pulled off of field duty for the moment."

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« Feb 16, 2016 18:53:51 GMT -6 »
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"Uh, what?"

What indeed! By the look he gives Mat, he has literally no idea what he's talking about.

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« Feb 16, 2016 18:58:04 GMT -6 »
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He'd shrug.

"Reason listed is insubordination."

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:00:37 GMT -6 »
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"Nothing else? Because I wasn't told anything about this."

Jack'd told him to sort himself out and get things worked out, but he'd done that. Mostly. Well, he'd tried, there's not been much chance with some.

"What can I do? People are dying out there, I'm not going to hide in this Academy while it happens. Not when people I care about are going out and risking themselves."


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« Feb 16, 2016 19:05:50 GMT -6 »
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"Either talk to the Director and get it worked out, or suck it up. Not everyone is going to war."

Mathew was though. No way he would miss it.

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:07:55 GMT -6 »
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"I'm going to."

That same determination that just made Aaron try to fight Mr. Amtrum instead of getting out of Tutorial when he had a chance flashes across his eyes!

"All due respect, sir, no way in hell am I sitting it out. People need me. I'm sorry I was useless against you, but I can't sit around and do nothing as people suffer out there."

He can't help remembering the little kid in Belarus.


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« Feb 16, 2016 19:14:36 GMT -6 »
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"Well from what I've seen you staying in the states is what's best for you. You will die there."

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:15:33 GMT -6 »
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"I won't. I couldn't beat you, but that doesn't make me useless."


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« Feb 16, 2016 19:23:05 GMT -6 »
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Mathew doesn't say anything. No point wasting his breath if the kid didn't want to hear him.

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:33:27 GMT -6 »
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Aaron does want to hear him! He just isn't sure what is being said.

"If you think I'd just get killed out there, well, that's why I came to you. Asked you to help me get stronger."

Instead, he'd put Aaron in an ambush it was impossible to...

Hrm.

"Was that what that was about, back there? Was I supposed to not try to fight back?"

Because after a while he'd been more trying to escape.

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:35:28 GMT -6 »
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"You need to be able to look at a situation and see if it is winnable or not. You aren't going to be walking into a series of duels and fair fights."

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:37:27 GMT -6 »
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Which was why a lot of Aaron's moves were based around not fighting fair. But he falls silent for a moment, considering.

"I thought I was supposed to try to beat you, because that's what happened in our past sessions. I thought if I ran away I'd just let you down."

And really, what if he just ran away in the real world? What if Mr. Amtrum were an evil metahuman and Aaron, instead of trying to stop him, ran? Left the people being terrorised to their fates?

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:47:59 GMT -6 »
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"Well, do you think you can beat me now? If I decided that we are enemies and I needed to kill you to achieve what I want. Do you think you would beat me like that? Would you stand there and let me cut you down out of pride? Would you throw away the lives of your team for the same reason? Because you don't want to lose. Because of your ego?"

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« Feb 16, 2016 19:56:05 GMT -6 »
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He could think of three ways to bring Mr. Amtrum down right now, before he could do anything, if he had to list them.

...The downside is all three are lethal. And he wasn't a killer, was he?

But wouldn't he have to be? He stands there, absorbing Mat's words, thinking.

"Not my team, no. But I came here to put others above myself, to protect the innocent. I'd try to stop you. It's not about ego, it's about not letting people get hurt on my watch."

Is it about ego? What was "I want to be the strongest here" or "I wanted to be Superman when I grew up" but ego? Wasn't ego - or perceived ego - why he dislikes Eric so much? Aside from the whole cheating thing

"I couldn't stand there and let you hurt people I care about. But you're saying I need to pick my battles more carefully, aren't you?"

Know when to fold 'em, and all that.

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« Feb 16, 2016 20:14:54 GMT -6 »
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"Not knowing when you are outmatched is ego. This isn't a movie, the plucky young protagonist doesn't rise above all odds. He gets eviscerated and hung by his entrails."

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« Feb 16, 2016 20:22:33 GMT -6 »
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Ew.

"I know I can't beat you in a straight up fight right now, sir. That's why I want to train to get to that point, and maybe higher. Um, no offence."

Because "I want to get strong enough to beat you" sounds kind of mean!

"I will work on that, then. I'm not going to get killed, sir, and I'm not going to let anyone else die on my watch either."

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« Feb 16, 2016 20:27:40 GMT -6 »
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He's just stare at him not convinced.

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