No, he's not that kind of knee-jerk reaction individual. He doesn't trust particularly easily, but he also doesn't feel the need to run off and tell people every little thing before he himself actually has a fair scope of it.
And who knows, maybe even then he won't. To say for the moment that he isn't conflicted, especially as she goes through and delineates what is a fairly well laid out plan, would - well. It's obvious. He's not particularly sure about it. She's obviously been working on this idea far longer than she's been out of retirement, definitely came out specifically so that she could put it into motion, and she's already gotten it going with a rapidity that he would envy if it didn't also worry him almost inordinately. The idea that the militia first could actually be divided so quickly is... Disconcerting, although he can't deny that it would probably make it easier to actually get some things done. Second though, the idea that it needs to be removed from Bifrons specifically is basically just as uncomfortable.
"They are," he acknowledges at least, feeling a sort of tension build up in his shoulders regardless. God, she just named four callsigns she already has helping her. Regardless of whether or not they know it, what does that even say about the way things are being done? "We do need a different network. The inability to communicate freely amongst ourselves has been a problem already - Echo's the one who told me about the..." In all honesty he's actually still genuinely having a difficult time processing that. The memory tampering. He's not been taking any great pains to avoid Loki now, knowing that - at least no more than he had been taking before, although apparently that wasn't his original inclination - but it was very odd to interact with the man trying to reconcile what of him he's watched in that video several dozen times by now.
"It's... Appealing." He's not sure it will work, but damn if it's not a nice idea. He's honestly just concerned about what happens if they do leave - if he does leave - and it doesn't work? If memory can be changed, then what else? He might feel a bit like all he does is tread water in his position now but at least he knows it's not someone worse. Not to mention the potential power vacuum that could take place if too many callsigns leave, because he's not naive enough to assume the entire militia will take to being privatized. Well, any more than they have been covertly. A lot of people are still loyal to Bifrons, and dividing the militia into what it is now and two separate entities, and Bifrons still has their own personal security force - god that's so many differing factions in too small a place. They literally live in a bubble.
At the same time, though...
Actually no, what he'd really like? What he's stuffed down into pipe dreams and the like, is Bifrons keeping whatever security they feel necessary for their own property, that's fine, but both a military and regular police force as well. Or something. That directly contradicts what he was just thinking about, but they need something to keep day-to-day peace and order and something that maintains a more overall presence and emergency response. That would be amazing.
You don't really get anywhere just by being worried about things, but he does think at least a few of these aren't the sort that should be so casually brushed off. "Peaceful extrication would be immensely preferable, but I'm not particularly envisioning the company losing such a large contingency of people so passively. There's a reason they saw fit to quietly take over in the first place, even if it is just power."
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And who knows, maybe even then he won't. To say for the moment that he isn't conflicted, especially as she goes through and delineates what is a fairly well laid out plan, would - well. It's obvious. He's not particularly sure about it. She's obviously been working on this idea far longer than she's been out of retirement, definitely came out specifically so that she could put it into motion, and she's already gotten it going with a rapidity that he would envy if it didn't also worry him almost inordinately. The idea that the militia first could actually be divided so quickly is... Disconcerting, although he can't deny that it would probably make it easier to actually get some things done. Second though, the idea that it needs to be removed from Bifrons specifically is basically just as uncomfortable.
"They are," he acknowledges at least, feeling a sort of tension build up in his shoulders regardless. God, she just named four callsigns she already has helping her. Regardless of whether or not they know it, what does that even say about the way things are being done? "We do need a different network. The inability to communicate freely amongst ourselves has been a problem already - Echo's the one who told me about the..." In all honesty he's actually still genuinely having a difficult time processing that. The memory tampering. He's not been taking any great pains to avoid Loki now, knowing that - at least no more than he had been taking before, although apparently that wasn't his original inclination - but it was very odd to interact with the man trying to reconcile what of him he's watched in that video several dozen times by now.
"It's... Appealing." He's not sure it will work, but damn if it's not a nice idea. He's honestly just concerned about what happens if they do leave - if he does leave - and it doesn't work? If memory can be changed, then what else? He might feel a bit like all he does is tread water in his position now but at least he knows it's not someone worse. Not to mention the potential power vacuum that could take place if too many callsigns leave, because he's not naive enough to assume the entire militia will take to being privatized. Well, any more than they have been covertly. A lot of people are still loyal to Bifrons, and dividing the militia into what it is now and two separate entities, and Bifrons still has their own personal security force - god that's so many differing factions in too small a place. They literally live in a bubble.
At the same time, though...
Actually no, what he'd really like? What he's stuffed down into pipe dreams and the like, is Bifrons keeping whatever security they feel necessary for their own property, that's fine, but both a military and regular police force as well. Or something. That directly contradicts what he was just thinking about, but they need something to keep day-to-day peace and order and something that maintains a more overall presence and emergency response. That would be amazing.
You don't really get anywhere just by being worried about things, but he does think at least a few of these aren't the sort that should be so casually brushed off. "Peaceful extrication would be immensely preferable, but I'm not particularly envisioning the company losing such a large contingency of people so passively. There's a reason they saw fit to quietly take over in the first place, even if it is just power."