Lisa and I let the others walk a bit ahead.
“Doesn’t look like things are perfect here,” I muttered.
Yeah, no.
I guess it’s gonna take a while before everyone accepts their new leader, or refrains from being creepy, etc.
“I might have made a move for my territory sooner, if I wasn’t trying to wrangle this.”
That’s fair.
“Why’d you stick me with Senegal?”
She frowned. The others had gotten far enough ahead of us that she felt ok to start walking. I joined her.
Lisa explained, “Logistics. I needed Minor around so I could have words with him about our long-term plans, and because I want to build a rapport.”
How about Jaw, then? He seems alright.
I nodded. I wasn’t going to argue that point.
“The problems are Senegal and Brooks. They’ve become friends, and Brooks is the kind of guy that’s influenced easily by his peers. He’s good, he’s useful, but he wants to be in Senegal’s camp, and he’s not smooth enough to pull off what Senegal does, even if he’s smart enough to see what Senegal’s all about, so all you get is a dick who could be dangerous if things go the wrong way.
Ahh.
I wanted to keep them separated, so I couldn’t pair them together, and things would be worse if I stuck you with Brooks, on a lot of levels.”
Yeah, I can see that going wrong.