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[notleavingquietly]

[ What does liking someone have to do with paranoia? ...Crais is both not particularly paranoid and doesn't actually trust anyone.

...Look, it's complicated.

Meanwhile the relative simplicity of that answer and concept behind it confuses him enough for it to reflect clearly on his face.

That face sticks through the rest because: ]

I am a perfectly competent fighter, even by military standards. You have six inches, deep paranoia and presumably armor on me. I'm not stupid.

[protocol]

Nothing that some resourcefulness couldn't overcome.

[ yes he's basically a space marine supersoldier but he was the buttmonkey of the space marine supersoldiers. not as strong, not as fast. he kept up through other means, adaptability, resourcefulness, wits, sheer force of will, but importantly learned to make good use of being underestimated. and in that same vein, is careful about underestimating anyone. ]

[notleavingquietly]

Not if we start this with me punching you in the face.

[ He can plot and plan. He can punch someone in the face. they don't actually go together with him. ]

[protocol]

Then you wouldn't start with punching me in the face, if you needed to do something.

[ threat assessments are friendly for wash. kind of. ]

Besides, you know your way around the armor pretty well, don't you?

[notleavingquietly]

A scenario wherein my response is to punch you, is inherently separate from a scenario where I need to do 'something'.

[ Look. He. He is aware it doesn't superficially make much sense but that's neither here nor there, just at this moment. Because he's an asshole -- sort of. ]

I know my way around the armor. I also have more resources for equipment than most of the submissives here. If I needed to do 'something' both of those would be useful.