Phoenix Catch-All

[burningrescue]

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[burningrescue]

[That comment just makes him annoyed. He scowls, defensive.]

I know that. But you should take me seriously! I might not know a lot about anything besides fighting fires, but I'm pretty sure what I do know is worth more than a ton of people's smart strategy.

[slobjection]

[ galo: take me seriously! ]
[ phoenix: no. ]

[ there's a pause. ]

.....

There's a flaw in your logic, Galo. Fires don't kill people in secret. A fire won't react vengefully if you warn people against it. And you can guarantee safety from the fire. There are no guarantees here other than murder.

[burningrescue]

[Look. That's all he wants! He just wants daddy to respect him??? I hate what I typed.]

Yeah, I guess. Maybe. But everyone found out about Melt anyway.

[slobjection]

[ siz don't curse me like this. ]

And Babo Kim went off and killed her anyway, despite our efforts.

[burningrescue]

Yep. Exactly. So. . . I don't know. I don't even know if he was wrong to do that! Not that I'm planning to go around murdering people, but. He's not wrong that we didn't stop Melt, and she would've killed somebody else if not for what he did!

[slobjection]

We could have tried another way first. We had a plan.

[ to like, actually save her from the monster. phoenix is showing his hand a little but he's also like severely sleep deprived. so galo can enjoy the like two seconds of him dropping his nonsense and being real. it'll probably never happen again. ]

... It doesn't matter now anyway.

[burningrescue]

[He does enjoy the two seconds of him dropping his nonsense. It's hard to tell what Phoenix actually thinks is important. Apparently not murdering is one of them. He shakes his head.]

It still matters. Because there's still a chance it might happen again. If we're going to say that Babo Kim made the wrong choice, we'd better have our own plan that's better.

[slobjection]

Can't say it was the wrong choice. But we'll have to act quicker if it happens again.

[ ok the bullshit is slowly returning. ]

[burningrescue]

[Nodding.]

Next time, we'll be ready, right?

[slobjection]

Something like that.

[ now back to your regularly scheduled hobo ]