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Who: Greed
Broadcast: All
Action: The Huntress
When: Now!

That was real mature of you guys all skipping out on the Huntress just because I was made captain. [Literally just inputted a request into the computer for that. Nothing more.] I hope you all enjoy your new ships, because the Huntress is going to do just fine without you.

[He is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OKAY being ditched. He didn't even like you guys! Except he's not, because it makes him cranky and he's stuck kicking around on the Huntress trying to beat the high score on their new pinball machine. He's never played anything like it before, so he finds the experience pretty frustrating. But if anything, he's just bored and annoyed at having his 'possessions' taken away from him.]

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Sure, why shouldn't I? Life's full of unpleasant people. People who take a detour the moment things get uncomfortable are as pathetic as they come.

If you aren't going to make an effort to be in any way accommodating to others... why should they make an effort for you?

Captain. Entitled asshole sort of comes with the title.

[Look, he learned it from Amestris.]

[Ah. What was it Captain Rex said to her on this matter all those years ago? "Experience outranks everything."]

Titles by themselves are just words, aren't they? Who's going to respect a word?

Respect is usually something you get by respecting others in turn. ... And ... a little experience never hurts, either.

You think I don't have experience? Please. I've been running my old gang for the past hundred years. That was the kind of crew you could be proud of.

[And sure, he called them his 'possessions', but they all followed him anyway. Something about a guy who could accept anyone, no matter how much of a freak the military had made them into.]

Yeah, but it's not like anyone here knows that.

If I just told you "I'm the best pilot in the galaxy, so come and be on my ship," you wouldn't just believe it, right? You'd want to see proof.

Eh. I've already got two pilots. Kind of a hassle already, really.

[Point: avoided.]

[YEAH DON'T THINK SHE DIDN'T NOTICE.]

You're-- you're deliberately missing the point!

[Flippantly:] In case you hadn't noticed, I've been here about a month now. I don't know where you expect me to be pulling out all this experience you're wanting to see. I either have it or I don't.

Good leadership skills are often demonstrated even without actually leading anything.

Such as being able to listen to others.

That sounds almost exactly what I'm doing right now. How about that.

Please. You only listen when it suits you.

And your ideal leader is supposed to listen no matter what, huh?

You can still listen to someone and disagree with them respectfully at them at the same time.

You're not really all that different from humans, are you? Are you sure that's not just some hat?

--What? What's that got to do with anything?

It's typical human behavior. Always thinking small picture but clinging to some grandiose morality and order to the universe. You put so much care and consideration into the delicate feelings of one person that you're never pragmatic enough to do what's logical. Not that I don't enjoy all that. It's got a kind of charming naivety to it.

[His family... well, they see the humans the same way, but in a less flattering way.]

Is that so.

Well, I've got some bad news for you, buster. Most of your crew? Human.

So. Sounds to me like you're gonna have to get on their level rather than the other way around.