[ You're wrong grates, just a bit (more than a bit). He's the one stuck with Ren as a broodmate.
But then, it's not like Steve goes around proclaiming he understands the intricacies of Ren's inner workings. Fact is, he doesn't often understand Ren's motives or decisions. He stews for another few seconds in those thoughts, eventually focusing on the second half of what she says: about Catheway and Carata and whoever else is out there like them. He doesn't mistrust them individually, not all the time, but it remains that there's a similar sense of dislike toward the way the Nest operates - the lack of transparency. Time hasn't done much to fix that. ]
(Letting him fall down that hole means giving him more power.) [ And leaves him susceptible to some force that they don't completely understand, that neither of them trust.
Frustration begins to build again. ] (Look, you're right. He's not stable. But he just lost someone, and he wasn't the only one making bad decisions.) [ The Darkling proved he has some questionable ideas about what's right and wrong too. ] (We aren't a team.)
[ Not one that's got a great record so far, anyway. ]
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But then, it's not like Steve goes around proclaiming he understands the intricacies of Ren's inner workings. Fact is, he doesn't often understand Ren's motives or decisions. He stews for another few seconds in those thoughts, eventually focusing on the second half of what she says: about Catheway and Carata and whoever else is out there like them. He doesn't mistrust them individually, not all the time, but it remains that there's a similar sense of dislike toward the way the Nest operates - the lack of transparency. Time hasn't done much to fix that. ]
( Letting him fall down that hole means giving him more power. ) [ And leaves him susceptible to some force that they don't completely understand, that neither of them trust.
Frustration begins to build again. ] ( Look, you're right. He's not stable. But he just lost someone, and he wasn't the only one making bad decisions. ) [ The Darkling proved he has some questionable ideas about what's right and wrong too. ] ( We aren't a team. )
[ Not one that's got a great record so far, anyway. ]