Yeah, 'cause everyone's been real good at listening to Gar.
[Des sighs and steps forward, giving Buffy a pleading expression.] Look. I admit I came here looking for a fight- I knew I wouldn't get one, because Sarandis plays dirty, but I was hoping I'd see the bastard pay for what he did to Myri. But this don't end tonight- it doesn't matter what he says. Look at us- we're more than willing to toss Marian's advice out the door, but we're listening to a crackpot like Sarandis when he gives us an order? Fuck that.
Lara and her little revolutionaries are the ones who are gonna have to take this island and they're the ones who have to live in the ashes of what we destroy if we fuck up. We have to help them- that's why I wanted to come out here tonight. To show them where they need to start looking, so they can get proof of what he's doing. We have to beat Sarandis at his own game and that means not rising to his bait. It means going after him where it hurts- show these people the man he really is. Show the whole damn world who he really is.
I'll tell you what's gonna happen if we go up against him tonight- he'll win. He'll get us with every inch of red tape he can find and choke us all with it and then he'll bury us somewhere no one can find us. Then he'll send Thomas's head home in a box. I'm telling you- he's got the chips in his favor. He had a jailbreak. He had a bunch of assholes who showed up without invitation. We're interlopers. We're gonna get screwed no matter where we step if we don't step lightly.
[He sighs again and runs a hand over his face.] There are some battles you can't fight with your fists and your bullets. And Blondie, I know where you're comin' from- I do. You feel helpless. You feel like you've let them win. You feel like you've got something to prove. But you're not helpless. And by not barging in trying to save two people who might not even need to be saved right this second, you're gonna help save this entire island. You don't have to prove you're strong- I know you are. Sometimes being strong is knowing when you're outclassed and figuring out how to do things the right way.
We've got one grade-a revolutionary here somewhere. And you've got me- I saw the Civil War. I know how this shit ends, but I also know what comes after and what comes before. There's gonna be a war no matter what, but it doesn't need to start tonight. Buffy, please. Think this through. Don't let that bastard make you believe we don't have any options, because we do.
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[Des sighs and steps forward, giving Buffy a pleading expression.] Look. I admit I came here looking for a fight- I knew I wouldn't get one, because Sarandis plays dirty, but I was hoping I'd see the bastard pay for what he did to Myri. But this don't end tonight- it doesn't matter what he says. Look at us- we're more than willing to toss Marian's advice out the door, but we're listening to a crackpot like Sarandis when he gives us an order? Fuck that.
Lara and her little revolutionaries are the ones who are gonna have to take this island and they're the ones who have to live in the ashes of what we destroy if we fuck up. We have to help them- that's why I wanted to come out here tonight. To show them where they need to start looking, so they can get proof of what he's doing. We have to beat Sarandis at his own game and that means not rising to his bait. It means going after him where it hurts- show these people the man he really is. Show the whole damn world who he really is.
I'll tell you what's gonna happen if we go up against him tonight- he'll win. He'll get us with every inch of red tape he can find and choke us all with it and then he'll bury us somewhere no one can find us. Then he'll send Thomas's head home in a box. I'm telling you- he's got the chips in his favor. He had a jailbreak. He had a bunch of assholes who showed up
without invitation. We're interlopers. We're gonna get screwed no matter where we step if we don't step lightly.
[He sighs again and runs a hand over his face.] There are some battles you can't fight with your fists and your bullets. And Blondie, I know where you're comin' from- I do. You feel helpless. You feel like you've let them win. You feel like you've got something to prove. But you're not helpless. And by not barging in trying to save two people who might not even need to be saved right this second, you're gonna help save this entire island. You don't have to prove you're strong- I know you are. Sometimes being strong is knowing when you're outclassed and figuring out how to do things the right way.
We've got one grade-a revolutionary here somewhere. And you've got me- I saw the Civil War. I know how this shit ends, but I also know what comes after and what comes before. There's gonna be a war no matter what, but it doesn't need to start tonight. Buffy, please. Think this through. Don't let that bastard make you believe we don't have any options, because we do.
[(Diplomacy 35) Damn, son.]