[ He huffs out a dismissive laugh from his nose. ]
Of course he's from Ceres.
[ On that station, even a street kid is privileged in Hickey's mind. No wonder Dawes moved him right up the chain and sent him along now. Stupidity is fertile ground for blind obedience, in the right hands. When Hickey looks at Harari, he sees the man he would've needed to reduce himself to if he had stayed on that path. It reaffirms that he made the right decision—he prefers Ashford and the Tynan, anyway—but he's sharply aware that he deserves what Diogo's been so casually handed. With that comes jealousy. ]
I'd like to hear Nagata's side of that story. Whatever that was just now sounded personal.
[ He wonders if Ashford meant everything he said about her when he intervened, but he knows better to ask here. In the elevator, they're likely being recorded. ]
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Of course he's from Ceres.
[ On that station, even a street kid is privileged in Hickey's mind. No wonder Dawes moved him right up the chain and sent him along now. Stupidity is fertile ground for blind obedience, in the right hands. When Hickey looks at Harari, he sees the man he would've needed to reduce himself to if he had stayed on that path. It reaffirms that he made the right decision—he prefers Ashford and the Tynan, anyway—but he's sharply aware that he deserves what Diogo's been so casually handed. With that comes jealousy. ]
I'd like to hear Nagata's side of that story. Whatever that was just now sounded personal.
[ He wonders if Ashford meant everything he said about her when he intervened, but he knows better to ask here. In the elevator, they're likely being recorded. ]