Which is blunt and probably more honest than he's entirely certain is good to be, but he'd rather the ball in their court than his. Comfort is about control and Charlie'd much rather give them some element of it to begin with - makes people more willing to work with you when they think they've started on the high ground.
He makes an impatient gesture to the other Transports surrounding the table - they're a small, sloppy mismatch of a delegation. No one in their right mind would've picked these people to do this and it's not worth pretending otherwise.
"But in this case, that's working in our favor. If we do something, they won't have a choice but to fall in line."
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Which is blunt and probably more honest than he's entirely certain is good to be, but he'd rather the ball in their court than his. Comfort is about control and Charlie'd much rather give them some element of it to begin with - makes people more willing to work with you when they think they've started on the high ground.
He makes an impatient gesture to the other Transports surrounding the table - they're a small, sloppy mismatch of a delegation. No one in their right mind would've picked these people to do this and it's not worth pretending otherwise.
"But in this case, that's working in our favor. If we do something, they won't have a choice but to fall in line."