[If properly motivated, Orga could be one of those busybodies. But, in this situation... probably not. He had his ambition, sure, and he had started getting used to being a mover and a shaker back home, but with everything turned on its ear here, he goes back to how he was when he'd just been an upstart kid in a mercenary company. Patient, watchful, biding his time for the optimal moment to make a move.]
We'll have to wait and see, then. [Pause.] And hopefully it isn't as explosive as this last little altercation.
[He gives a single laugh.]
You could probably take some time off, if you wanted. It's just the money that would be the problem.
[No one's holding a gun to their head, and the societal feedback was complicated. Pressure to contribute but also pushback for being strangers to the city? There wasn't much way to win, there.]
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We'll have to wait and see, then. [Pause.] And hopefully it isn't as explosive as this last little altercation.
[He gives a single laugh.]
You could probably take some time off, if you wanted. It's just the money that would be the problem.
[No one's holding a gun to their head, and the societal feedback was complicated. Pressure to contribute but also pushback for being strangers to the city? There wasn't much way to win, there.]