[ he laughs, though it doesn't quite reach his eyes. ]
I'm willing to listen.
[ and he does genuinely mean it. for whatever else, Ocelot respects and admires Anders far more than most. it also helps that since he's woken up, he's shared many of the same suspicions. ]
It's always good to have a healthy amount of distrust, Anders.
[ he knew that wanting to trust others can be far more dangerous. John. His Mother. he's seen time and again how "trust", particularly in authority, has done nothing but harm. ]
They know almost everything about us. They have the people we care about most up there on the Station, and have only given us the vaguest of explanations on the "damage" that they've suffered from the Storm. You'd be delusional if you trusted them.
[ and he's speaking from experience. back home, he'd been used by Zero to carry out his wishes, in exchange for John's safety. Zero had known that he had no choice because he'd always known how he'd felt about him. and here, it would seem, that the cycle repeats. ]
no subject
I'm willing to listen.
[ and he does genuinely mean it. for whatever else, Ocelot respects and admires Anders far more than most. it also helps that since he's woken up, he's shared many of the same suspicions. ]
It's always good to have a healthy amount of distrust, Anders.
[ he knew that wanting to trust others can be far more dangerous. John. His Mother. he's seen time and again how "trust", particularly in authority, has done nothing but harm. ]
They know almost everything about us. They have the people we care about most up there on the Station, and have only given us the vaguest of explanations on the "damage" that they've suffered from the Storm. You'd be delusional if you trusted them.
[ and he's speaking from experience. back home, he'd been used by Zero to carry out his wishes, in exchange for John's safety. Zero had known that he had no choice because he'd always known how he'd felt about him. and here, it would seem, that the cycle repeats. ]