[He listens, taking another sip of his drink, again for more interested in how she says things than what she says. The tactical stuff he mostly ignores because either way would mean they're choosing not to act until the Null do, which is eliminating many other possible options; Lance doesn't have any desire to just wait and see if they're all killed in an initial attack before doing something. Despite his generally docile personality, he's an aggressive chess player.
But he doesn't want to call her out on that subject, not wanting to hear a lecture about how he doesn't know what he's doing at best and potentially threatening anger at worst, and besides her last comments are for more interesting.]
That's usually when they start taking out their fears on those weaker than them.
[He says it as evenly and neutrally as possible, although he can't avoid some pointedness in his tone; this isn't something to seem so pleased about. This is when things get the most dangerous for the people caught in the middle.]
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Date: 2017-08-07 12:21 am (UTC)But he doesn't want to call her out on that subject, not wanting to hear a lecture about how he doesn't know what he's doing at best and potentially threatening anger at worst, and besides her last comments are for more interesting.]
That's usually when they start taking out their fears on those weaker than them.
[He says it as evenly and neutrally as possible, although he can't avoid some pointedness in his tone; this isn't something to seem so pleased about. This is when things get the most dangerous for the people caught in the middle.]